CCIS Crisis Intervention Models & Frameworks Flashcards

Which crisis intervention model emphasizes the role of cognitive distortions in maintaining a crisis state?

Answer: Cognitive Model of Crisis Intervention

The Cognitive Model of Crisis Intervention holds that distorted or irrational thinking patterns contribute to the maintenance of a crisis and that challenging these cognitions is central to resolution.

The SAFER-R model of psychological first aid stands for:

Answer: Stabilize, Acknowledge, Facilitate, Educate, Recovery, Referral

The SAFER-R model (Stabilize, Acknowledge, Facilitate understanding, Encourage adaptive coping, Recovery or referral) is used in acute crisis and disaster response to guide structured psychological first aid.

Crisis intervention that occurs at the location of the crisis (e.g., home, street) is called:

Answer: Mobile crisis intervention

Mobile crisis intervention involves trained crisis professionals going to the location where the crisis is occurring rather than requiring the person in crisis to travel to a service site.

Which stage of Roberts' Seven-Stage Model involves helping the client develop an action plan?

Answer: Stage 6: Develop an action plan

Stage 6 of Roberts' model specifically involves collaborating with the client to develop a concrete, feasible action plan to address the identified crisis.

The ecological model of crisis intervention emphasizes:

Answer: The interaction between the individual and their social and environmental systems

The ecological model recognizes that crises are influenced by multiple levels of a person's environment — individual, family, community, and societal — and effective intervention addresses relevant system levels.

A Walk-In Crisis Center differs from a hospital emergency department primarily because:

Answer: Walk-in centers offer voluntary, community-based crisis stabilization without mandatory emergency protocols

Walk-in crisis centers provide accessible, voluntary crisis stabilization services in a community setting, often reducing unnecessary psychiatric hospitalizations and providing a less restrictive alternative.