Full Description
Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention, 2/e byLisa Jackson-Cherry and Bradley Erford is the most effective training tool available for various mental health professionals preparing to help in crisis situations. A concise and informative resource for mental health professionals, this textbook is filled with vital information on assessing and reacting to various crises of our time, presenting the most important topics related to successfully intervening and responding in a series of crisis situations that warrant adequate preparation by helping professionals from all subsets of the community. Uniquely, the book includes perspectives and roles of clinical mental health counselors, school counselors, and pastoral counselors when assisting in crisis situations, and includes vital information on assessing and reacting to various crises of our time. Readers will be presented with the most important topics related to successfully intervening and responding in a series of crisis situations that are unfortunately common, but warrant preparation by helping professionals today. The topics cover the basics and overview of crisis intervention, how to react, the essentials of crisis intervention, understanding grief and loss, intervening with clients who are suicidal, the violence between intimate partners, child victims of sexual assault and abuse, adult sexual assault and sexual abuse victims, addressing substance abuse and dependence within the crisis context, emergency preparedness, and counseling military families. The authors also address topics such as death notifications, diagnostic impressions, and homicidal risk assessment, field experiences, and diverse activities, and integrate the approaches from various counseling specialties. Examples and case studies are included in each chapter.Written as a training resource for various mental health professionals in the field including clinical mental health counselors, school counselors, and pastoral counselors, similarly, schools of social work, psychology, and criminal justice will find applicable information for how to address crisis situations. Graduate programs as well as upper level undergraduate programs will find this book an effective tool in teaching crisis intervention to their students.
Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTSPart I Elements of Crisis InterventionChapter 1 Overview of Crisis Intervention 1Stephanie Puleo and Jason McGlothlinChapter 2 Safety and Self-Care in Crisis Situations 27Charlotte DaughheteeChapter 3 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Crisis Counseling 47Paul F. Hard, Laura L. Talbott-Forbes, and Mary L. BartlettChapter 4 Essential Crisis Intervention Skills 67Joseph CooperChapter 5 Risk Assessment and Intervention: Suicide and Homicide 85Judith Harrington and Charlotte DaughheteePart II Special Issues in Crisis InterventionChapter 6 Understanding and Treating Substance Use Disorders withClients in Crisis 127William R. SternerChapter 7 Intimate Partner Violence 157Amy L. McLeod, John Muldoon, and Danica G. HaysChapter 8 Sexual Assault 193Robin Lee and Jennifer JordanChapter 9 Sexual Abuse 219Carrie Wachter Morris and Elizabeth GravesChapter 10 Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Communityand Workplace 245Jason McGlothlinChapter 11 Emergency Preparedness and Response in Schools and Universities 267Michele Garofalo and Bradley T. ErfordChapter 12 Grief and Loss 293Lourie W. ReichenbergChapter 13 Military Deployment and Reintegration Issues 327Seth C. W. HaydenChapter 14 Death Notifications 343Lisa R. Jackson-Cherry
