Crisis Intervention Flashcards
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The Psychiatric Advanced Directive (PAD) is best described as:
Answer: A legal document in which a person specifies preferences for psychiatric treatment while competent, for use during future crises
A PAD allows individuals to outline their treatment preferences and designate a healthcare proxy while they have decision-making capacity.
When a BHT is the first responder to a client having a panic attack, which intervention should be AVOIDED?
Answer: Telling the client 'just relax, you're overreacting'
Minimizing the client's experience with dismissive language increases distress and damages therapeutic trust during a vulnerable moment.
A client in crisis reports feeling detached from their body and surroundings as if watching themselves from outside. This is known as:
Answer: Depersonalization
Depersonalization is the experience of feeling detached or disconnected from one's own body, thoughts, or sensations.
Which of the following BEST describes the 'safe messaging' guidelines for discussing suicide?
Answer: Do not describe the method or location of a death by suicide, and include crisis resources when reporting
Safe messaging guidelines caution against graphic details about methods while encouraging inclusion of crisis resources and promoting help-seeking.
A BHT observes that a peer staff member is using a physically aggressive stance and raised voice with a client who is escalating. The BHT should:
Answer: Intervene calmly by redirecting the interaction or requesting help from a supervisor
Staff behavior that escalates a client crisis must be professionally addressed; intervening or notifying a supervisor protects client safety and staff accountability.
The primary goal of crisis stabilization is to:
Answer: Return the individual to their pre-crisis level of functioning as quickly and safely as possible
Crisis stabilization aims to reduce acute distress and restore adaptive functioning, not to provide comprehensive treatment of underlying conditions.
Under the Tarasoff ruling, a mental health professional has a duty to warn when a client:
Answer: Makes a credible, specific threat against an identifiable third party
The Tarasoff decision established that therapists must take reasonable steps to protect identified potential victims when a client makes a specific, credible threat.