CRISIS ASSESSMENT INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Situational Crisis
Answer: Triggered by a sudden, uncontrollable, and usually
unanticipated event that threatens the persons sense of well-being
●● Maturational Crisis
Answer: Embedded in developmental processes and occurs when a
person is struggling with the transition from one life stage to another.
They can be Universal or Non-Universal.
A crisis state is usually activated in the presence of a traumatic event
during a normal transition: loss of loved one, serious physical illness,
loss of social support, etc.
●● The 5 Components of a Crisis
Answer: 1. Hazardous Event
2. Vulnerable State
3. Precipitating Factor
4. Active Crisis State
,5. Reintegration
●● Crisis Components: Hazardous Event
Answer: An anticipated or unanticipated specific stressor that disrupts a
persons state of equilibrium
●● Crisis Components: Vulnerable State
Answer: A persons physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral
responses to the hazardous event.
●● Crisis Components: Precipitating Factor
Answer: The final stressful event that moves a person from acute
vulnerability to a state of disequilibrium (disorganization)
●● Crisis Components: Active Crisis State
Answer: When the persons coping skills have broken down and tension
is at maximum level. Involves 3 Stages
●● 3 Stages of an Active Crisis State
Answer: 1. physical and psychological agitation
2. preoccupation with the events leading to the crisis
3. gradual return to a state of equilibrium
, ●● Crisis Components: Reintegration
Answer: Involves the restoration of equilibrium. Follows a crisis, and
depends upon several factors:
(a) ability to objectively evaluate the situation
(b) develop and use adaptive coping strategies
●● 3 Phases of a Crisis (Tyhurst, 1957)
Answer: 1. Impact Phase
2. Recoil Phase
3. Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Impact Phase
Answer: Immediately after event, last for few minutes to few hours.
Person shows shock, fear, agitation, confusion, overt signs of distress,
may include denial
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Recoil Phase
Answer: Begins to acknowledge the reality of the situation and attempt
to make sense of what happened. Intensifying emotional and physical
sxs.
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
Answer: Alternating periods of adjustment and relapse as full awareness
sets in. Attempts at re-establishing equilibrium.
PREVENTION FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
●● Situational Crisis
Answer: Triggered by a sudden, uncontrollable, and usually
unanticipated event that threatens the persons sense of well-being
●● Maturational Crisis
Answer: Embedded in developmental processes and occurs when a
person is struggling with the transition from one life stage to another.
They can be Universal or Non-Universal.
A crisis state is usually activated in the presence of a traumatic event
during a normal transition: loss of loved one, serious physical illness,
loss of social support, etc.
●● The 5 Components of a Crisis
Answer: 1. Hazardous Event
2. Vulnerable State
3. Precipitating Factor
4. Active Crisis State
,5. Reintegration
●● Crisis Components: Hazardous Event
Answer: An anticipated or unanticipated specific stressor that disrupts a
persons state of equilibrium
●● Crisis Components: Vulnerable State
Answer: A persons physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral
responses to the hazardous event.
●● Crisis Components: Precipitating Factor
Answer: The final stressful event that moves a person from acute
vulnerability to a state of disequilibrium (disorganization)
●● Crisis Components: Active Crisis State
Answer: When the persons coping skills have broken down and tension
is at maximum level. Involves 3 Stages
●● 3 Stages of an Active Crisis State
Answer: 1. physical and psychological agitation
2. preoccupation with the events leading to the crisis
3. gradual return to a state of equilibrium
, ●● Crisis Components: Reintegration
Answer: Involves the restoration of equilibrium. Follows a crisis, and
depends upon several factors:
(a) ability to objectively evaluate the situation
(b) develop and use adaptive coping strategies
●● 3 Phases of a Crisis (Tyhurst, 1957)
Answer: 1. Impact Phase
2. Recoil Phase
3. Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Impact Phase
Answer: Immediately after event, last for few minutes to few hours.
Person shows shock, fear, agitation, confusion, overt signs of distress,
may include denial
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Recoil Phase
Answer: Begins to acknowledge the reality of the situation and attempt
to make sense of what happened. Intensifying emotional and physical
sxs.
●● 3 Crisis Phases: Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
Answer: Alternating periods of adjustment and relapse as full awareness
sets in. Attempts at re-establishing equilibrium.
