Crisis Intervention Flashcards
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Which model of crisis intervention emphasizes that a crisis occurs when a person's usual coping mechanisms fail to resolve a specific stressor?
Answer: Equilibrium model
The equilibrium model views crisis as a state of disequilibrium when usual coping strategies are insufficient to restore balance.
A client in alcohol withdrawal calls the crisis line reporting severe tremors, confusion, and visual hallucinations. What is the counselor's FIRST priority?
Answer: Arrange immediate medical evaluation
Severe alcohol withdrawal with hallucinations and confusion indicates delirium tremens, a life-threatening medical emergency requiring immediate intervention.
In Caplan's four phases of crisis, which phase involves the individual attempting familiar problem-solving strategies that ultimately fail?
Answer: Phase 2
In Caplan's Phase 2, the person tries habitual coping methods; when these fail, tension rises and the crisis deepens.
When conducting a lethality assessment for a client with co-occurring substance use disorder and suicidal ideation, which factor most INCREASES risk?
Answer: Intoxication combined with a specific lethal plan
Acute intoxication combined with a specific, lethal plan dramatically elevates imminent suicide risk in co-occurring disorder clients.
Which intervention is MOST appropriate when a client in crisis is experiencing intense emotional flooding and cannot process verbal information?
Answer: Use grounding techniques to reduce physiological arousal
Grounding techniques reduce acute physiological arousal, allowing the client to regain sufficient regulation to engage in further intervention.
A sponsor calls a crisis line stating their sponsee relapsed after three years of sobriety and is expressing hopelessness. What is the BEST initial response?
Answer: Gather information about the sponsee's current location and safety
Gathering information about the person's location and immediate safety is the essential first step before any other intervention can occur.
Which legal doctrine allows a counselor to hospitalize a client against their will when they pose an imminent danger to themselves or others?
Answer: Parens patriae
Parens patriae grants the state authority to act as guardian and allows involuntary hospitalization when someone cannot protect themselves.