Deck 1: Approaching Crisis Intervention

Question 1

The ACT Model of crisis intervention seems most appropriate for long term transcrisis intervention when the person cannot seem to get out of the crisis after a long period of time.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Crisis intervention in the United States started at about the time of the Revolutionary War.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The first suicide intervention program in the United States was created over a hundred years ago.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Equilibrium model of crisis intervention is:​

A)generally useful with persons who are unable to make appropriate choices during their crisis.
B)​used to blend a variety of approaches equally into an eclectic whole.
C)​to reduce psychological balance.
D)designed for use with persons who are coping effectively and able to solve problems in a state of crisis.

Question 5

Being aware that an individual in crisis is operating in a transcrisis state provides the crisis worker with important information regarding:​

A)transcrisis points.
B)​the kind and degree of therapeutic intervention that should be provided for the client.
C)​multicultural perspectives that might have a significant impact on the crisis.
D)brief therapy approaches to crises.

Question 6

Developmental crises involve abnormal reactions the normal flows of predictable life changes.

Question 7

Psychological first aid is a first-order intervention in crisis.

Question 8

Workers who have experienced the crisis a client is experiencing will undoubtedly be better able to handle it because they have overcome the crisis.

Question 9

Eclectic crisis intervention involves the intentional and systematic selection and integration of valid concepts and strategies from all available therapeutic approaches.

Question 10

A crisis which is not properly dealt with may become submerged from awareness,where it forms a disease reservoir.The phenomenon in which such a crisis reemerges later in life,causing the person's previous crisis symptoms to recur has been termed:​

A)acute depressive onset.
B)​regression.
C)​recidivism.
D)transcrisis.

Question 11

Grassroots movements are:​

A)always successful in changing society.
B)government organizations.​
C)​groups of individuals personally affected by a common problem.
D)staffed primarily with paid staff.

Question 12

The term "crisis" refers to the perception of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's:​

A)ego strength.
B)​resources and coping mechanisms.
C)​ability to comprehend the crisis.
D)anxiety level following the crisis.

Question 13

​In the disequilibrium that accompanies crisis,anxiety is always present,and the discomfort of anxiety provides an impetus for change.

Question 14

Transcrisis points are frequently accompanied by transcrisis states that occur during interventions.

Question 15

The Equilibrium model of crisis intervention seeks to equalize faulty thinking.

Question 16

Existential crises have to do with the struggle to continue to exist after a disaster.

Question 17

Basic crisis intervention,while often brief,is not brief therapy.

Question 18

Crisis intervention services typically start through massive government funding to rectify some ill.

Question 19

Chaos theory is a positive theory of crisis because it causes new,previously unknown solutions to be found.

Question 20

Transcrisis states are identical to posttraumatic stress disorder.

Question 21

A crisis worker encounters a client manifesting definite symptoms of an internalized transcrisis state.Describe the typical behaviors that such a client might emit during periods of emotional stress or when encountering stressful or anxiety producing events.

Question 22

​___________ theory is based on the view that the disequilibrium which accompanies crisis can be understood by gaining access to the client's unconscious thoughts and past emotional experiences is (p.15)

A)Developmental theory
B)​Systems theory
C)​Psychoanalytic theory
D)Adaptational theory

Question 23

Successful crisis work may be described as:​

A)curing long term pathology.
B)​successfully resolving long-standing trauma.
C)​"one man's fruit may be another man's poison."
D)tapping into the client's reservoir of resiliency.

Question 24

An eclectic approach to crisis intervention means:​

A)perceiving crisis as an internal and external state of affairs.
B)​that people are viewed as products of both heredity and social learning.
C)​not being locked into any theoretical approach in a dogmatic fashion.
D)dealing with the equilibrium/disequilibrium aspects of the crisis.

Question 25

Compare and contrast two of the theories of crisis intervention.

Question 26

In the United States,suicide intervention is about how many years old?​

A)200
B)​100
C)​50
D)20

Question 27

Chaos theory is really a theory of:​

A)evolution applied to human functioning.
B)​eclecticism.
C)​random events.
D)creative problem-solving.

Question 28

Transcrisis points tend to occur in:​

A)regular intervals.
B)​response to unconditioned aversive stimuli.
C)​unpredictable intervals.
D)progressively increasing incidents.

Question 29

Interpersonal theory states that:​

A)the total ecological system is involved in resolving the crisis.
B)​the crisis cannot be sustained when people believe in their ability to overcome the crisis.
C)​maladaptive thinking and behaving is changed to more adaptational thoughts and behaviors.
D)crises result from disequilibrium in coping responses.

Question 30

Institutionalization of crisis services usually occurs when:​

A)the government starts funding a project.
B)​the general population gets concerned and starts demanding change.
C)​politicians see the political necessity for alleviating the crisis.
D)special-interest groups such as MADD form.

Question 31

A model of crisis intervention that reaches outside the individual and promotes change in the systems in need of change is the:​

A)cognitive-milieu model.
B)​psychoanalytic model.
C)​psychosocial transition model.
D)disequilibrium model.

Question 32

Of the following components of basic crisis theory,which does not apply?​

A)Basic crisis theory is equivalent to brief therapy.
B)​Crisis is a state where ordinary behaviors can't overcome the problem.
C)​The problem is viewed as intolerable.
D)Emotional disequilibrium is always experienced.

Question 33

Characteristics of effective crisis workers must include:​

A)burnout.
B)​being of the same race,sex,religion,etc.of the person in crisis so there is some common ground.
C)​being older and having the experience of age.
D)resiliency,poise,and flexibility.

Question 34

The Contextual-Ecological Model of crisis is:​

A)really a disequilibrium model as well.
B)​contextual elements are layered and reciprocal impact occurs between the individual and the system.
C)​focused only on the relationship between the social environment where the crisis occurred.
D)a math problem that can predict transcrisis.

Question 35

Lindemann's basic crisis theory was important because his work negated the prevailing perception that clients manifesting crisis responses should be treated as:​

A)abnormal or pathological.
B)​permanently immobile.
C)​mentally incompetent.
D)stuck in a state of disequilibrium.

Question 36

The ACT model is an acronym for what?​

A)Action,Cognition,Trauma
B)​Activation,Confluence,Transcrisis
C)​Assessment,Connecting,Traumatic
D)Assess,Create,Treat

Question 37

The major providers of crisis intervention services in the United States are:​

A)volunteers.
B)​social workers.
C)​psychologists.
D)counselors.

Question 38

A crisis theory that views the person's crisis as the result of defense mechanisms that have stopped working is:​

A)adaptational.
B)​interpersonal.
C)​chaos.
D)psychoanalytic.

Question 39

Psychological First Aid involves which of the following?​

A)Initiating contact in a compassionate manner
B)​Confronting hysterical paralyzing behaviors
C)​Identifying long term needs
D)Ignoring the immediate needs of disaster survivors in favor of resolving developmental problems

Question 40

Successful crisis work may be described as:​

A)positive addicting behavior for the worker.
B)​successfully resolving long standing trauma of the client.
C)​stopping transcrisis events.
D)generating in the client a long term resiliency to ward off future crisis.

Question 41

You are a crisis worker at a high school.Earlier in the day,a fight happened between two cultural groups who are also rivals in the community.The situation was badly handled by school administrators.How might this crisis metastasize?

Question 42

How is eclectic crisis intervention different from the other approaches?