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This practical nuts-and-bolts guide provides readers with the skills necessary to handle any crisis situation. The book utilizes the comprehensive and effective ABC Model of Crisis Intervention that can be used as effectively for day-to-day interactions as for emergency situations. A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, 4E addresses such crises as drug abuse, secondary PTSD, crisis worker burnout, AIDS, suicide, death and dying, Alzheimer's, and victimization and abuse.
List of contents
1. What is a Crisis?2. The History of Crisis Intervention.3. Ethical and Professional Issues.4. The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention.5. Suicide, Homicide, Psychotic Decompensation.6. Cultural Issues and Related Crises.7. Developmental Crises.8. Crises of Loss.9. Natural Disasters, Manmade Disasters, and Trauma Response.10. Crises of Personal Victimization: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Abuse, and Sexual Assault.11. Substance Abuse Crises.12. Crises In Reaction To Serious Illness.
