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Crisis intervention

6 Apr 2006

The document needs to be reviewed and applied, based on the specific needs of the organization or practice setting, as well as the needs and wishes of the client. [...] In the mental health arena, it is the third of three major phenomena affecting the course of service for the emotionally distressed and mentally ill: (1) Freud’s discovery of the unconscious; (2) the discovery of psychotropic medications in the 1950’s; and (3) the practice of crisis intervention in the 1960’s and 1970’s, as a formal body of knowledge, building on the experience with disaster survi [...] Recommendation 2 Recommendation 9 Knowledge of the three core components The core curriculum in nursing education of crisis intervention theory (a precipitat- includes the following key components: ing event, perception of the event, and Crisis intervention theory and practice; the client’s usual coping methods) is Sound knowledge of the principles of 10 fundamental to identify clients in cris [...] The panel undertook the following steps in developing the guideline: Defined the scope of the guideline; Conducted an extensive literature search and reviewed relevant research, theoretical frameworks and discussion papers; Articulated the values underpinning crisis intervention; Identified an integrative framework built on the work of several crisis theorists within which to present the r [...] A researcher and professor on this topic for the past 20 years, Hoff is founding director of the Life Crisis Institute based in Boston and Ottawa, and is professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, College of Health Professions, and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences.
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ISBN
9780920166321
Pages
64
Published in
Canada

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