Crisis Intervention and Relapse Prevention Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes the primary goal of crisis intervention in addiction counseling?
Answer: Stabilize the client and restore functioning to pre-crisis level
Crisis intervention aims to stabilize the individual and restore them to their pre-crisis level of functioning, not to resolve all underlying issues immediately.
A client calls in a crisis stating they have relapsed after 6 months of sobriety. What is the counselor's FIRST priority?
Answer: Assess immediate safety and risk of harm
Assessing immediate safety — including risk of overdose, self-harm, or harm to others — is always the first priority in any crisis situation.
Which model is most commonly used to guide crisis intervention in addiction counseling settings?
Answer: The Six-Step Model of Crisis Intervention (Roberts)
Roberts' Seven-Stage (Six-Step) Crisis Intervention Model is widely used in addiction counseling as a structured framework for acute crisis response.
A warning sign that a client is at elevated risk for relapse includes:
Answer: Reconnecting with old using friends and environments
Reconnecting with people, places, and things associated with past substance use is a high-risk behavioral warning sign for relapse.
In Marlatt and Gordon's Relapse Prevention model, what is a 'high-risk situation'?
Answer: Any circumstance that increases the likelihood of substance use
In Marlatt and Gordon's model, a high-risk situation is any circumstance — emotional, social, or environmental — that threatens the individual's sense of control and increases relapse likelihood.
The concept of 'apparently irrelevant decisions' (AIDs) in relapse prevention refers to:
Answer: Small seemingly unrelated choices that covertly move a client toward relapse
AIDs are subtle, seemingly harmless decisions that gradually move a person closer to a high-risk situation, often without conscious awareness.
Which intervention is most appropriate when a client presents with a 'slip' (single use after a period of abstinence)?
Answer: Use motivational techniques to prevent a full relapse and reinforce coping skills
A slip should be addressed using motivational and cognitive-behavioral techniques to prevent escalation to full relapse while maintaining the therapeutic alliance.