A Guide to Crisis Intervention

by Kristi Kanel

Overview

Handle any crisis situation with the help of this practical, nuts-and-bolts guide. A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, 6th Edition covers the fundamentals of situational and developmental crises, how they occur and how you can manage them. Author Kristi Kanel discusses traditional counseling models as they relate to crisis intervention, and shows how they're incorporated into her ABC Model of Crisis Intervention—which you can use in any mental health setting with anyone in crisis. Examples illuminate the psychological and behavioral dynamics associated with crisis situations. Cases and scripts help you learn exactly what to say to clients, whether the crisis is developmental; related to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse or other factors; or arises from personal victimization. You'll also learn how to conduct suicide assessments and mental status exams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781337566414
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Series:	MindTap Course List
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kristi Kanel (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is a Full Professor at California State University, Fullerton in the Department of Human Services where she has been teaching for over 31 years. She is the author of A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, 5th Edition; HUMAN SERVICE DELIVERY TO LATINOS, 2nd Edition; and AN OVERVIEW OF THE HUMAN SERVICES, 2nd Edition (with Melanie Horn-Mallers). Dr. Kanel was a practicing psychotherapist for over 25 years. Her experience as a counselor includes working at two non-profit agencies (the Anaheim Free Clinic and a battered woman's shelter), a public agency, a managed care organization, and in private practice where she worked with a multitude of client populations, specializing in trauma. Her most recent research has focused on the mental health needs and interventions for the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Other research includes mental health needs of Latinos and crisis intervention practices.

Table of Contents

1. An Overview of Crisis Intervention. 2. Ethical and Professional Issues. 3. The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention. 4. Intervening with Crises Related to Danger to Self, Others, or Being Gravely Disabled. 5. Developmental and Cultural Crises. 6. Crises of Loss: Death, Relationship Breakups, and Economic Loss. 7. Community Disaster, Trauma, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. 8. Crises Related to Military Service. 9. Crises Related to Personal Trauma. 10. Crises Related to Sexuality. 11. Substance Use Related Disorders and Crises. 12. Crises Related to Aging, Physical Illness, and Disabilities.

Editorial Reviews

"This is an awesome book! It provides a very clear and understandable overview of crises. [It is] very readable and applicable for students and new professionals."

"A well-written, in-depth book on crisis situations that addresses not only theory, but applications across many different populations who experience crises."

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