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
Q. 2The major providers of crisis intervention services in the United States are
a. volunteers.
b. social workers.
c. psychologists.
d. counselors.
Q. 3A start-up 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.
Q. 4In the United States, suicide intervention is about how many years old?
a. 200
b. 100
c. 50
d. 20
Q. 5A theory of crisis that views the person as being the victim of faulty thinking is
a. adaptational.
b. interpersonal.
c. chaos.
d. none of the above
Q. 6Psychological 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. All of the above are components of psychological first aid
Q. 7Of 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.
Q. 8Successful crisis work may be described as
a. curing long term pathology.
b. successfully resolving long-standing trauma.
c. both a and b.
d. tapping into the client's reservoir of resiliency.
Q. 9An expanded crisis theory which is based on the view that the disequilibrium which accompanies crisis can be understood by gaining access to the client's
a. developmental theory.
b. systems theory.
c. psychoanalytic theory.
d. adaptational theory.
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