crisis management Flashcards
effects of divorce on pre school
fear of abandonment trouble separating from parents difficulty sleeping through the night developmental regression increased crankiness self-blame, sadness and withdrawal
effects of divorce on latency (5-10)
preoccupation with feelings of loss, rejection, guilt and loyalty conflicts
fear of being replaced
bx that reflects fears and fantasies of absent parent’s return (crying, crankiness, diff. concentrating
intense longing among boys for fathers
effects of divorce on pre teens
anger and blame at parents for withdrawing stability
formation of alliance with one parent to hurt the other
parentification, somatization, delinquent bx
drop in school performance
overstimulation from dating and sexual bx of parents
effects of divorce on adolescents
fear that they will repeat their parents’ failures
worry about the future
feeling of rejection from both parents
acute anxiety, more time away from home,
feeling of anger and abandonment leads to early sexual bx, or increased responsibility
alcohol abuse, lower gap, depression
rape trauma syndrome stages
acute - immediately after rape - shock, panic attacks, somatic complaints, sexual dysfunction, sleep/appetite disturbances, guilt, self blame
rescue and recovery - depression, denial, anxiety, months to years, try to be normal
reorganization - feeling resurface, attempt to work through the feelings
types of dependent and elder abuse
PAINFA
physical, abandonment, isolation, neglect, financial, abduction
physical abuse behavioral signs
wary of adults, clingy, angry, dull or flat affect, frightened of parent, may defend abusive parent, running away, problems at school, aggressive/destructive, substance abuse
sexual abuse physical conditions
sudden change in appetite, clingy, fearful: school phobia, anxiety, depression, withdrawal into fantasy, regressive bx, fear or mistrust of adults, poor peer relations, sexuality, promiscuity, antisocial bx, self destructive, self mutilation, eating disorders, school problems, secretive, protective of abuser
Physical neglect, behavior
stealing for food, hoarding, sleeplessness and inattentiveness at school, poor attendance, learned helplessness, regressive bx, clingy, whiny, indiscriminate attachment, depressed, lonely, isolated, suicidal, delinquency including theft
sexual abuse behavior/affect of child
sudden change in appetite, clingy, fearful: school phobia, anxiety, depression, withdrawal into fantasy, regressive bx, fear or mistrust of adults, poor peer relations, sexuality, promiscuity, antisocial bx, self destructive, self mutilation, eating disorders, school problems, secretive, protective of abuser
sexual abuse physical conditions
fatigue from sleep disturbances, difficulty walking or sitting, eating disorders, enuresis/encopresis, painful urination/defecation, somatic disorders, pregnancy
Crisis intervention with rape victims
Goals
Restore control; achieve pre crisis level of functioning; reduce isolation ->support groups
coping strategies for long term effectiveness
Crisis intervention with rape victims
Interventions during acute phase
- directive, educational approach
- practical problems - police, med eval. and care
- info on expected emotional reactions
- help with deciding to disclose to family/friends
- help dealing with shame, anger, fear, blame
Crisis intervention with rape victims
interventions during reorganization phase
-Dealing with obsessive memories/flashbacks
-Working through feelings
-Integration of crisis
EMDR; Stress innoculation Training
Treatment of families with abused children
Assessment
Observation,interview, see members alone, drawings, house-tree-person, kinetic family drawing
Treatment of families with abused children
Therapist’s role
monitor feelings/countertransference; see abusers as suffering, take child advocacy position
Actions: gain trust, develop rapport, be non-confronational; be assertive/establish rules re: future abuse; reparent; educate re: cycle of violence; escape plan; reinforce small positive changeso
Treatment of families with abused children
techniques/ interventions
remove IP label absolve child of guilt/ responsibility asess family (family mapping, genogram, fam life chron) educate re: normal child development empathy training - recall childhoods teach parenting skills anger managment skills Referrals
Treatment of incestuous families
Dysfunctional family model
Cause: power imbalance, childhood abuse
Goal: prevent further trauma by seeking reconciliation
tx format: ind->conjoint->family
same sex therapist, the opposite
Process: uncover childhood trauma, accept abuser as a person of value who can change
narrative middle stage interventions
Addictions model
Cause: sexual deviance; sexual arousal pattern; characterological dx
Goal: change offender’s attraction to kids, control bx, strengthen parent, heal child, keep offenders out of family
tx format: separate offender from NOP and child
Process: offender - disclosure, accept responsibility, curb bx
NOP - strengthen ego, self-sufficiency
child: counteract self-blame
adult survivor: “getting clear”
narrative middle stage interventions
role of therapist
model healthy confrontation; countertransference
believe child’s story, build rapport, make referrals
remove perp not child; provide for safety; make referrals; advocate for the child; clarify rules and roles/restore boundaries
families with….
more apt to have abuse
sickly, disability, only children, families with 4 or more; child is unplanned/unwanted; children 0 to 3; hyperactive; premature or difficult birth
Rates of abuse
adolescent girls- higher rate of sexual/physical
adolescent boys - higher rate of neglect