CRIS 605- Chapter 1 Question with Verified
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First known crisis phone line
National Save-a-Live League (1906)
Coconaut Grove nightclub fire
Dr. Erich Lindemann's clinical assessment of survivors (1942)
Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
large state-run asylums were replaced by community mental health centers
Where are the greatest number of frontline volunteers used?
Staffing 24-hour suicide hotlines in major cities
More than 75% of all crisis centers in the US report that volunteer workers outnumber
professional staff by more than __ to __
6 to 1
Crisis intervention typically remains unrecognized by the public until victims/victim
advocates exert enough __, ___, or ___ pressure to cause change
legal, political, economic
As crisis agencies become crisis organizations, they gain ___, ___, and ___
power, prestige, notoriety
Three major grassroots movements that helped shape crisis intervention into an
emerging specialty
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); Vietnam Veterans, Women's movement during the 1970s
, Large influx of crisis organizations from the ____s to _____s
1970s-1990s
What caused the large influx of crisis organizations in the 1970s-1990s?
recognition that immediate intervention is essential in alleviating stress related to trauma
Crisis response grows from _____ efforts to _____ ______ as the need for organization
grows
all-volunteer; bureaucratic institutions
Professional recognition within the helping fields
Division 56: Trauma Psychology, American Psychology Association (2006)
Accreditation standards set by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Educationally
Related Programs (2009) and National Association of School Psychologists (2010)
____ has a significant influence on public consciousness
media
_______ brought war images into the public discourse
Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs
In what positive and negative ways does real-time news coverage of crisis events impact
our perceptions of a small, interconnected world?
Positive: public recognition about crisis intervention
Negative: people may rush in to help haphazardly
What are the characteristics of an altruistic or therapeutic community?
Correct Answers
First known crisis phone line
National Save-a-Live League (1906)
Coconaut Grove nightclub fire
Dr. Erich Lindemann's clinical assessment of survivors (1942)
Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
large state-run asylums were replaced by community mental health centers
Where are the greatest number of frontline volunteers used?
Staffing 24-hour suicide hotlines in major cities
More than 75% of all crisis centers in the US report that volunteer workers outnumber
professional staff by more than __ to __
6 to 1
Crisis intervention typically remains unrecognized by the public until victims/victim
advocates exert enough __, ___, or ___ pressure to cause change
legal, political, economic
As crisis agencies become crisis organizations, they gain ___, ___, and ___
power, prestige, notoriety
Three major grassroots movements that helped shape crisis intervention into an
emerging specialty
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); Vietnam Veterans, Women's movement during the 1970s
, Large influx of crisis organizations from the ____s to _____s
1970s-1990s
What caused the large influx of crisis organizations in the 1970s-1990s?
recognition that immediate intervention is essential in alleviating stress related to trauma
Crisis response grows from _____ efforts to _____ ______ as the need for organization
grows
all-volunteer; bureaucratic institutions
Professional recognition within the helping fields
Division 56: Trauma Psychology, American Psychology Association (2006)
Accreditation standards set by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Educationally
Related Programs (2009) and National Association of School Psychologists (2010)
____ has a significant influence on public consciousness
media
_______ brought war images into the public discourse
Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs
In what positive and negative ways does real-time news coverage of crisis events impact
our perceptions of a small, interconnected world?
Positive: public recognition about crisis intervention
Negative: people may rush in to help haphazardly
What are the characteristics of an altruistic or therapeutic community?
