Crisis Assessment and Intervention
Definition of Crisis - correct answer ✔A period of psychological
disequilibrium, experienced as a result of a hazardous event or situation that
constitutes a significant problem that cannot be remedied by using familiar
coping strategies.
Situational Crisis - correct answer ✔Triggered by a sudden, uncontrollable,
and usually unanticipated event that threatens the persons sense of well-
being
Maturational Crisis - correct 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 - correct answer ✔1. Hazardous Event
2. Vulnerable State
3. Precipitating Factor
4. Active Crisis State
5. Reintegration
Crisis Components: Hazardous Event - correct answer ✔An anticipated or
unanticipated specific stressor that disrupts a persons state of equilibrium
, Crisis Components: Vulnerable State - correct answer ✔A persons physical,
emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the hazardous event.
Crisis Components: Precipitating Factor - correct answer ✔The final stressful
event that moves a person from acute vulnerability to a state of disequilibrium
(disorganization)
Crisis Components: Active Crisis State - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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) - correct answer ✔1. Impact Phase
2. Recoil Phase
3. Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
3 Crisis Phases: Impact Phase - correct answer ✔Immediately after event,
last for few minutes to few hours. Person shows shock, fear, agitation,
confusion, overt signs of distress, may include denial
Definition of Crisis - correct answer ✔A period of psychological
disequilibrium, experienced as a result of a hazardous event or situation that
constitutes a significant problem that cannot be remedied by using familiar
coping strategies.
Situational Crisis - correct answer ✔Triggered by a sudden, uncontrollable,
and usually unanticipated event that threatens the persons sense of well-
being
Maturational Crisis - correct 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 - correct answer ✔1. Hazardous Event
2. Vulnerable State
3. Precipitating Factor
4. Active Crisis State
5. Reintegration
Crisis Components: Hazardous Event - correct answer ✔An anticipated or
unanticipated specific stressor that disrupts a persons state of equilibrium
, Crisis Components: Vulnerable State - correct answer ✔A persons physical,
emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the hazardous event.
Crisis Components: Precipitating Factor - correct answer ✔The final stressful
event that moves a person from acute vulnerability to a state of disequilibrium
(disorganization)
Crisis Components: Active Crisis State - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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) - correct answer ✔1. Impact Phase
2. Recoil Phase
3. Posttraumatic Recovery Phase
3 Crisis Phases: Impact Phase - correct answer ✔Immediately after event,
last for few minutes to few hours. Person shows shock, fear, agitation,
confusion, overt signs of distress, may include denial
