crisis intervention
What were the major events that helped to spawn the crisis intervention
movement? - correct answer ✔National Save-a-Life League (1906),
Cocoanut Grove night club fire (1942), and the Community Mental Health
Centers Act of 1963
The term "individual crisis" refers to the perception of an event as an
intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's - correct answer ✔current
resources and coping mechanisms
The primary providers of crisis intervention work are - correct answer
✔trained volunteers
The field of crisis intervention - correct answer ✔originated as a grassroots
movement prior to being formally recognized by the helping professions
The term "metastasizing crisis" refers to which of the following - correct
answer ✔A small isolated incident that is not contained and begins to spread
The term "transcrisis state" is used to refer to - correct answer ✔situations in
which a person is experiencing more than one crisis at a time
An event in typical human development that produces an abnormal response
is referred to as a - correct answer ✔developmental crisis
An effective crisis intervention worker possesses the following characteristics -
correct answer ✔creativity, assertiveness, and poise
, Those exposed to a traumatic event will always experience psychopathology
that will lead to a state of crisis. - correct answer ✔false
A crisis can be considered both a danger and an opportunity. - correct
answer ✔true
Individual Crisis - correct answer ✔experiencing of an event or situation as
an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's current resources and
coping mechanisms.
behavioral emergency - correct answer ✔when a crisis escalates to
immediate danger for injury or death to someone involved in the crisis.
Parasuicide - correct answer ✔a suicide attempt in which a person does not
intend to die
Systemic crisis - correct answer ✔when a traumatic event occurs such that
people, institutions, communities, and ecologies are overwhelmed and
response systems are unable to effectively contain and control the event in
regard to both physical and psychological reactions to it.
Metastasizing crisis - correct answer ✔occurs when a small, isolated incident
is not contained and begins to spread.
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
What were the major events that helped to spawn the crisis intervention
movement? - correct answer ✔National Save-a-Life League (1906),
Cocoanut Grove night club fire (1942), and the Community Mental Health
Centers Act of 1963
The term "individual crisis" refers to the perception of an event as an
intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's - correct answer ✔current
resources and coping mechanisms
The primary providers of crisis intervention work are - correct answer
✔trained volunteers
The field of crisis intervention - correct answer ✔originated as a grassroots
movement prior to being formally recognized by the helping professions
The term "metastasizing crisis" refers to which of the following - correct
answer ✔A small isolated incident that is not contained and begins to spread
The term "transcrisis state" is used to refer to - correct answer ✔situations in
which a person is experiencing more than one crisis at a time
An event in typical human development that produces an abnormal response
is referred to as a - correct answer ✔developmental crisis
An effective crisis intervention worker possesses the following characteristics -
correct answer ✔creativity, assertiveness, and poise
, Those exposed to a traumatic event will always experience psychopathology
that will lead to a state of crisis. - correct answer ✔false
A crisis can be considered both a danger and an opportunity. - correct
answer ✔true
Individual Crisis - correct answer ✔experiencing of an event or situation as
an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's current resources and
coping mechanisms.
behavioral emergency - correct answer ✔when a crisis escalates to
immediate danger for injury or death to someone involved in the crisis.
Parasuicide - correct answer ✔a suicide attempt in which a person does not
intend to die
Systemic crisis - correct answer ✔when a traumatic event occurs such that
people, institutions, communities, and ecologies are overwhelmed and
response systems are unable to effectively contain and control the event in
regard to both physical and psychological reactions to it.
Metastasizing crisis - correct answer ✔occurs when a small, isolated incident
is not contained and begins to spread.
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
