Mental Health- Crisis Intervention
crisis - correct answer ✔are acute, time-limited occurrences experienced as
overwhelming emotional reactions to a stresful situational event,
developmental event, societal event, cultural event, and perception of an
event
outcomes of a crisis depends on - correct answer ✔how individual, family,
and community percieve and deal with the crisisl outside supports available
what happens if someone overcome and resolves the crisis - correct answer
✔the person will grow
what happend if someone does not overcome and resolve the crisis - correct
answer ✔causes mental problems
stressful life events causes - correct answer ✔limit the ability to problem
solve or cope
examples of stressful events that limit the ability to problem solve and cope
includes - correct answer ✔mental illness (stressful event makes the illnes
worst); substance abuse; history of poor coping skills; diminished cognitive
abilityl preexisting physical health problems; limited social support network;
developmental and physical challenges
Roberts Seven-stage model of crisis interventions - correct answer ✔helps in
acute situational crisis and acute stress disroder
, Roberts Seven stages - correct answer ✔plan and conduct crisis
assessment; establish rapport and rapidly establish relationship; identify major
problems; deal with feelings and emotions; generate and explore alternative;
develop and formulate an action plan; follow-up plane and agreement
types of crisis - correct answer ✔maturational; situational; adventitious
maturational crisis - correct answer ✔matured crisis; matured feeling of a
terminal ill loved one dieing
situational crisis - correct answer ✔one person shooting out a whole group of
people; small scale crisis that is unexpected
adventitious crisis - correct answer ✔disaster; hurricanes that hit the US
crisis intervention - correct answer ✔what nurses and other health
profesionals do to assist those in crisis to cope; interventions need to be
broad, creative, and flexible
NIMS: national incident management system - correct answer ✔to provide a
systematic approach to guide agencies at all levels to work seamlessly during
a disaster
Triage* - correct answer ✔disaster response; separation of those who need
rapid medical care from those with more minor injuries; much like the ER
phase 1 of crisis - correct answer ✔person confronted by conflict that
threatens self- concept responds with increased anxiety