Crisis Intervention Handbook Assessment (OP)
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As a result of the growing amount of acute crisis events portrayed in the media and impacting the lives of the general public, interest in crisis intervention, response teams, management, and stabilization has grown tremendously in the past decade. However, there exists little to no literature designed to give timely and comprehensive help for crisis intervention teams. This is the first complete handbook that prepares the crisis counselor for rapid assessment and timely crisis intervention in the 21st century.Now expanded and fully updated, Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research Second Edition focuses on crisis intervention services for persons who are victims of natural disasters, school-based and home-based violence, violent crimes, and personal or family crises. It applies a unifying model of crisis intervention, making it appropriate for front-line crisis workers-clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatric-mental health nurses-and graduate students who need to know the latest steps and methods for intervening effectively with persons in acute crisis.
Reviews
"The Crisis Intervention Handbook (2nd Edition) ... is a classic tome that remains acutely relevant during times when crisis and psychological trauma are pervasive throughout society. ... the chapters in this book are highly readable, informative and practical in application. This is the first compendium of all original chapters to examine and clarify the differences between stressful life events, traumatic stress, developmental crisis, traumatic crisis, psychiatric emergencies, and catastrophic crisis. ... Roberts's book is a necessity for practitioners, faculty, and students ... [it] has clearly surpassed both the first edition and my high expectations. ... [This book] will rapidly become the gold standard for all beginning and experienced crisis clinicians."--Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
"The Crisis Intervention Handbook (2nd Edition) ... is a classic tome that remains acutely relevant during times when crisis and psychological trauma are pervasive throughout society. ... the chapters in this book are highly readable, informative and practical in application. This is the first compendium of all original chapters to examine and clarify the differences between stressful life events, traumatic stress, developmental crisis, traumatic crisis, psychiatric emergencies, and catastrophic crisis. ... Roberts's book is a necessity for practitioners, faculty, and students ... [it] has clearly surpassed both the first edition and my high expectations. ... [This book] will rapidly become the gold standard for all beginning and experienced crisis clinicians."--Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
"This is one of the finest clinical practice books because it fits perfectly with psychologists' emphasis on empirically-supported and manualized treatments with a distinct emphasis on crisis intervention. It is the first book to thoroughly apply a strengths and resilience model to crisis intervention. This exceptionally well-written and newly revised edition includes 21 original chapters by 34 expert practitioners and clinical professors. An absolute 'must-have' sourcebook for every mental health practitioner's desk."--Thomas L. Jackson, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, and Chair of the Committee of Accreditation of the American Psychological Association
"The Crisis Intervention Handbook is an original and essential resource that incorporates a strengths perspective and shifts our approach to crisis intervention. This is the most practical and up-to-date guidebook of clinical interventions with children, youth, and families in crisis available. Comprehensive and rich in case examples, it is a must for mental health professionals in the schools and community."--Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Ph.D., Psychologist/Counselor, Englewood School District, Colorado
"This book is a chronicle of the advances made in the last ten years in crisis intervention as well as a presentation of the editor's seven-stage model of intervention with the addition of sixteen new chapters and original chapter revisions. This is an excellent reference to be used as a textbook in a graduate level program. The Roberts' Model is particularly helpful for use as a conceptual basis for crisis intervention practice." - Pamela Marcus, RN, MSCS, Doody's
"This is an excellent book that will be considered a classic in years to come. Given the tragic events of September 11, 2001, this timely book is of critical importance to all mental health professionals and a must read for professionals who currently do not consider themselves experts in crisis intervention. . .We have all been looking for a timely and readable practice volume like the Crisis Intervention Handbook. . . This book successfully bridges the gap between theory and practice, providing readers with a thorough discussion of crisis theory with an eclectic array of practice strategies. . .This valuable book will be used as an indispensable tool for professionals and students alike in a wide variety of professional disciplines. . .In fact, in the aftermath of the mass murders of the thousands American citizens on September 11th, this essential compendium should be on the desk of all mental health professionals."--Community Mental Health Journal
"Whenever you read a book by Dr. Albert R. Roberts, you do so in clear anticipation of excellence. In this book, Dr. Roberts has surpassed my high expectations. This all-inclusive resource provides everything mental health clinicians, crisis counselors, healthcare specialists, crisis intervenors, and trained volunteers need to know about crisis intervention. This book is a stunning achievement and landmark work."--from the Foreword by Ann Wolbert Burgess, RN, CS, D.N.Sc., FAAN, DCFE, van Ameringen Professor of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
"This is by far the most important book on crisis intervention for social workers, nurses, psychologists, and other human services professionals published since the first edition of the Crisis Intervention Handbook. Dr. Roberts' seven-stage model of crisis intervention lends itself to universal application across all types of crises, including school shootings, HIV-positive diagnosis, dating and marital violence, drug overdoses, suicide attempts among youths, and category five hurricanes."--C. Aaron McNeece, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Institute for Health and Human Services Research, Florida State University, and Co-Editor of Future Issues for Social Work Practice
"Dr. Albert Roberts has done it again. With the publication of the Crisis Intervention Handbook , the crisis field now has the most comprehensive, clinically relevant, and immediately useful book currently available. It is destined to become a classic. No other book provides this range of settings, at-risk populations, and approaches. Anyone who works in a crisis setting, even if only occasionally, will greatly benefit from reading and applying this information."--Fred J. Hanna, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Johns Hopkins University
"Al Roberts has integrated 21 extraordinarily well-written chapters on crisis intervention by the leading experts in the field. In this second edition of The Crisis Intervention Handbook , Roberts and his colleagues present the most current information on crisis interventions for suicidal adolescents, school violence, battered women, adult survivors of incest, HIV-positive women, psychiatric emergencies, medical crises, and culturally diverse clients. No other text offers such complete coverage of these critical social issues."--Virginia E. Richardson, Ph.D., Professor, Ohio State University
