Crisis Intervention Strategies: Chapter
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ecosystemic crisis - correct answer ✔is any disruptive or destructive event
that occurs at a rate and magnitude beyond the ability of the normal social
process to control it
ecosystemic crisis is - correct answer ✔sudden
impacts an entire community etc
slow buildup
human made
natural disaster
one intense episode
several compounding incidents
types of ecosystemic crisis - correct answer ✔metastisizing crises, large
scale crises, and mega crises
metastisizing crises - correct answer ✔start small but if not contained both
physically and psychologically can quickly turn into large scale crises
large-scale crises - correct answer ✔at a minimum affect whole communities
or regions either directly or vicariously
mega-crises - correct answer ✔affect entire countries or the world, either
directly or vicariously
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ecosystemic crisis - correct answer ✔is any disruptive or destructive event
that occurs at a rate and magnitude beyond the ability of the normal social
process to control it
ecosystemic crisis is - correct answer ✔sudden
impacts an entire community etc
slow buildup
human made
natural disaster
one intense episode
several compounding incidents
types of ecosystemic crisis - correct answer ✔metastisizing crises, large
scale crises, and mega crises
metastisizing crises - correct answer ✔start small but if not contained both
physically and psychologically can quickly turn into large scale crises
large-scale crises - correct answer ✔at a minimum affect whole communities
or regions either directly or vicariously
mega-crises - correct answer ✔affect entire countries or the world, either
directly or vicariously
