Crisis Intervention & Mental Health Flashcards
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According to the ACT model of suicide risk assessment used in Texas schools, what does the 'A' represent?
Answer: Assess
In the ACT model, 'A' stands for Acknowledge — recognizing and validating the student's feelings and opening communication before moving to care and treatment steps.
Which of the following is classified as an 'acute' risk factor that increases immediate suicide risk compared to chronic risk factors?
Answer: Recent significant loss or humiliating event
Acute risk factors are recent, time-limited events that dramatically increase immediate risk, such as a breakup, job loss, public humiliation, or access to lethal means, as opposed to chronic or static factors.
When using Roberts's Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model, which stage involves helping the client develop a concrete action plan with specific coping strategies?
Answer: Stage 6: Restore functioning through action plan
Stage 6 of Roberts's model focuses on restoring pre-crisis functioning by collaboratively developing a concrete action plan that includes coping strategies, support resources, and specific steps the client will take.
Under Texas law, a professional counselor may place a client in emergency involuntary hospitalization (emergency detention) if the client presents which condition?
Answer: The client is imminently likely to seriously harm themselves or others due to a mental health disorder
Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 573 authorizes emergency detention when a person, as a result of mental illness, poses an imminent risk of serious harm to themselves or others.
Which of the following best describes psychological first aid (PFA), the approach recommended after community disasters and mass casualty events?
Answer: An immediate, humane, supportive response that addresses basic needs and reduces acute distress
Psychological First Aid is an evidence-informed early intervention designed to reduce initial distress, meet basic needs, and connect survivors to social support and services without requiring them to relive or narrate trauma.
A Texas high school counselor learns that a student has made a specific suicide plan and has access to the means. According to ethical guidelines, the counselor's first priority is to:
Answer: Immediately assess safety and take steps to protect the student, including notifying parents and appropriate school personnel
When a student presents imminent suicide risk (specific plan + means), the counselor's ethical and legal obligation is to break confidentiality to protect the student's life, involving parents and appropriate personnel immediately.