Crisis Interventions
Can be viewed as a _________________ or an _______________. - correct
answer ✔danger or an opportunity
Crisis is defined as a _________________________. - correct answer
✔sudden event in one's life that disturbs homeostasis during which usual
coping mechanisms cannot resolve the problem
What are the characteristics of a crisis (5)? - correct answer ✔Crisis occurs
in all individuals at one time or another and is not necessarily equated with
psychopathology.
Crises are precipitated by specific identifiable events.
Crises are personal by nature.
Crises are acute, not chronic, and are resolved in one way or another within a
brief period.
A crisis situation contains the potential for psychological growth or
deterioration.
How many development crisis phases are there? - correct answer ✔Four
phases
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 1 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔Individual is
exposed to stressor, anxiety increases and problem solving techniques used
in previous situations are deployed
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 2 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔When previous
, problem-solving techniques do not relieve the stressor, anxiety increases
further, feelings of hopelessness, confusion, disorientation
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 3 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔All possible
resources, both internal and external, are called on to resolve the problem and
relieve the discomfort.
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 4 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔If resolution has not
occurred in previous phases, the tension mounts beyond a further threshold or
its burden increases over time to a breaking point.
What occurs to the individual in phase four of crisis development - correct
answer ✔Major disorganization of the individual, Panic anxiety and possible
psychosis.
The factors affect whether an individual experience a crisis in response to a
stressful situation depends on ______________, _______________ and
___________. - correct answer ✔The individual's perception of the event,
The availability of situational supports, The availability of adequate coping
mechanisms
What are the difference types of crises according to Baldwin? - correct
answer ✔Dispositional, crises of anticipated life transitions, crisis resulting
from traumatic stress, maturational/developmental crisis, crisis reflecting
psychopathology and psychiatric emergency
Dispositional crisis is defined as _________________. - correct answer ✔an
acute response to an external situational stressor
Can be viewed as a _________________ or an _______________. - correct
answer ✔danger or an opportunity
Crisis is defined as a _________________________. - correct answer
✔sudden event in one's life that disturbs homeostasis during which usual
coping mechanisms cannot resolve the problem
What are the characteristics of a crisis (5)? - correct answer ✔Crisis occurs
in all individuals at one time or another and is not necessarily equated with
psychopathology.
Crises are precipitated by specific identifiable events.
Crises are personal by nature.
Crises are acute, not chronic, and are resolved in one way or another within a
brief period.
A crisis situation contains the potential for psychological growth or
deterioration.
How many development crisis phases are there? - correct answer ✔Four
phases
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 1 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔Individual is
exposed to stressor, anxiety increases and problem solving techniques used
in previous situations are deployed
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 2 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔When previous
, problem-solving techniques do not relieve the stressor, anxiety increases
further, feelings of hopelessness, confusion, disorientation
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 3 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔All possible
resources, both internal and external, are called on to resolve the problem and
relieve the discomfort.
According to the Crisis development phases, phase 4 is considered
_____________________________. - correct answer ✔If resolution has not
occurred in previous phases, the tension mounts beyond a further threshold or
its burden increases over time to a breaking point.
What occurs to the individual in phase four of crisis development - correct
answer ✔Major disorganization of the individual, Panic anxiety and possible
psychosis.
The factors affect whether an individual experience a crisis in response to a
stressful situation depends on ______________, _______________ and
___________. - correct answer ✔The individual's perception of the event,
The availability of situational supports, The availability of adequate coping
mechanisms
What are the difference types of crises according to Baldwin? - correct
answer ✔Dispositional, crises of anticipated life transitions, crisis resulting
from traumatic stress, maturational/developmental crisis, crisis reflecting
psychopathology and psychiatric emergency
Dispositional crisis is defined as _________________. - correct answer ✔an
acute response to an external situational stressor
