1. The document discusses crisis intervention, defining it as a technique used to help individuals and families understand and cope with intense feelings during a crisis. 2. It explains the phases of crisis intervention, which include assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of crisis resolution. 3. The goals of crisis intervention are to provide a correct cognitive understanding of the situation and assist the individual in managing overwhelming emotions, using techniques like catharsis and clarification.

4. 1. To introduce the topic
2. To define crisis
3. To describe the crisis proneness Characteristic
4. To enumerate about the types of crisis.
5. To explain the phases of crisis.
6. To enlist the sign and symptoms of crisis.
7. To discuss about the process of crisis intervention
8. To define the crisis intervention.
9. To elaborate about aims of crisis intervention

5. 10. To enumerate the principle of crisis
intervention.
11. To enlist the technique of crisis intervention.
12. To describe the intervention of crisis
management.
13. To explain about the role of nurses in crisis
intervention

6. Crisis Intervention is a
technique used to help an
individual or family to
understand and cope with the
intense feelings that are typical
of a crisis.

7. Crisis is a state of disequilibrium resulting from
the interaction of an event with the individual’s or
family’s coping mechanisms, which are inadequate
to meet the demands of the situation, combined
with the individual’s or family’s perception of the
meaning of the event.
- Taylor, 1982

8.  Dissatisfaction with employment or lack of
employment
 History of unresolved crisis
 Poor self-esteem, unworthiness
 Superficial relationship with others
 Difficulty in coping with everyday situations
 Under utilization of resources and support
systems
 Aloofness and lack of caring

9. 1.
• Maturational Crisis
2.
• Situational Crisis
3.
• Social Crisis

11.  Anxiety -.
Incapable of even taking care
Irrational blaming
Guilt
Depression

12. Successful Resolution
Unsuccessful Resolution
Pseudo-resolution

14. Crisis Intervention is a technique
used to help an individual or family
to understand and cope with the
intense feelings that are typical of a
crisis.

15.  To provide a correct cognitive perception of the
situation.
 To assist the individual in managing the intense and
overwhelming feelings associated with the crisis.

16. 1. Be specific, use concise statements, and avoid
over whelming the patient with irrelevant
questions or excessive detail.
2. Encourage the expression of feelings.
3. A calm, controlled presence reassures the
person that the nurse can help.

17. 4. Listen for facts and feelings: seeking clarification,
paraphrasing and reflection are effective strategies.
5. Allow sufficient time for the individuals involved to
process information and ask questions.
6. Help patients legitimize feelings by letting them know
that others in similar situations have experienced
comparable emotions.

18. 7. Clarify distortions by getting persons to look at
the situation realistically.
8. Empower person by allowing them to make
informed choices.
9. Assist the person in confronting reality
7. Encourage the person to focus on one implication
at a time.

19. 1. Catharsis
2. Clarification
3. Manipulation
4. Reinforcement of behavior

20. 5. Support of defenses
5. Increasing self-esteem
6. Exploration of solutions

22. A. Steps to Provide a correct cognitive perception
i.
Assessment
of the
situation
ii. Defining
the event
iii. Develop a
plan of
action

23. B. Steps to assist the victim in managing the intense
feelings
i. Helping the
individual to be aware
of the feelings
ii. Help the individual
to attain mastery over
the feelings

24. Phase 1 Assessment
Phase 2 Planning
Phase 3 Intervention
Phase 4
Evaluation of Crisis Resolution
and Anticipatory Planning

26. Crisis intervention is a specific body of
professional knowledge and skills. The aim
of crisis intervention is to enable a person
faced with a crisis to cope with the immediate
acute and stressful demands being made by
circumstances and to restore normal
functioning so that the subject can take up the
task of seeking a satisfactory resolution to his
own crisis .

28. Read and write an assignment on
Techniques Of Crisis Intervention
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