Crisis intervention - principles and techniques of crisis intervention

2. CRISIS
 A crisis is any event that lead to an unstable and dangerous
situation in an individual, in group, in community, or whole society.
TYPES OF CRISIS
 Situational
 Maturational
 Natural
 Developmental
 Existential
 Social
( Please watch video on Meaning Of Mental Health Crisis for details
about types and stages of crisis)

3. CRISIS INTERVENTION
 Crisis intervention is an intervention or planning
with a specific psychotherapeutic approach to
overcome and control crisis.

4. PRINCIPLES OF CRISIS
INTERVENTION
 Brevity
 Simplicity
 Practicality
 Creativity
 Proximity
 Expectancy
 Pragmatism
 Innovative

5. SO..........WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT..........
 We have to intervene immediately after the event and stabilize the
victim or the community.
 To facilitate understanding of what has happened
 To focus on problem solving within the realm of what is possible for the
victim and
 to encourage self-reliance to restore a sense of independent
functioning.

6. TECHNIQUES OF CRISIS
INTERVENTION
 Assess The Situation
 Establish Rapport
 Start Communicate
 Identify The Actual Problem
 Plan Therapeutic Intervention
 Implement The Techniques
 Solve The Crisis
 Evaluate The Effect Of Plan
 Get Feed Back

7. REFERENCES
 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-
and-dentistry/crisis-
intervention#:~:text=The%20basic%20principles
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20to%20restore