Introduction The following is the last in a series of articles (posted once a week) where I began to fill in basic crisis intervention skills in order to make this website a more comprehensive and useful resource to beginning crisis workers as well as experienced ones. Basic strategies for crisis intervention have been identified by Myer and…
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Crisis Case Handling
Introduction to Crisis Case Handling Crisis case handling is considered quite a bit different from long-term counselling or therapy. While the steps might seem to be very similar e.g. (assessment, intervention, and evaluation) the short-term nature of crisis intervention and the goals are quite different. Crisis intervention aims to restore pre-crisis functioning while therapy’s goal…
Crisis Triage Rating Scale (CTRS)
Introduction The Crisis Triage Rating Scale (CTRS; Bengelsdorf, et. al. 1984) is a telephone triage tool that can be used for determining whether an individual in crisis requires psychiatric assessment. Turner & Turner (1991) determined that a cut-off score of 9 or lower necessitated admission. This was confirmed in a follow up study by Adeosun et. al….
Coping Strategies in Crisis Intervention
Introduction Coping strategies are the things, internally and externally that we do to help ourselves work through crises. Internal coping strategies are the things that we do for ourselves, that don’t require anyone and else and may involve activities, attitudes, and beliefs that help us be resilient. External coping strategies involve others, and can include people…
Curvilinear Model of Anxiety
Introduction The Curvilinear Model of Anxiety, which is described in Kanel’s 2011 book “A Guide to Crisis Intervention” suggests that anxiety has both positive and negative attributes depending on the situation and the individual. You may be familiar with the concept of eustress, which is a form of positive stress (American Institute of Stress, n.d.) based…