The Basics
The city where CIT began.
What is Memphis Tennessee?
The experience of violence and victimization including sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence and/or the witnessing of violence, terrorism or disasters
What is Trauma?
The experience of violence and victimization including sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence and/or the witnessing of violence, terrorism or disasters.
What is a traumatic event?
This is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization.
What is NAMI?
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
This state of mind is the active state and active attention to the present moment.
What is mindfulness?
What is meant by the term. ''Dual Diagnosis?"
What mental illness combined with drugs/alcohol.
unresponsive to others, repetitive behavior patterns, lack of language skills, difficulty socializing, unpredictable behavior, unusual touch and sound sensitivities,
What is Autism?
An assessment conducted by a clinician to determine the needs of a consumer.
What is a clinical interview?
This is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10-24.
What is suicide?
To attempt in assisting a consumer after a crisis event.
What is an outreach/follow up?
Someone in a mental health crisis is referred to as this.
What is a consumer/client?
Between the ages of 16-30.
At what age do most people develop more prominent mental health symptoms?
These diagnoses' are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both youth and adults aged 18–44.
What are major depression, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder?
This is a percentage of those who died by suicide with an underlying mental illness.
What is 90%?
8 hours of sleep, eating 3x a day, having days off, hobbies, looking forward to doing things.
What are examples of self care?
Licensed clinicians/therapists, law enforcement officers and consumers.
What are some players in a crisis situation?
Having flashbacks, night sweats, heightened awareness are side affects of this disorder.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
A survey was created in 1998 to obtain background information when meeting with consumers.
What is an ACE survey?
This percentage of adults with mental illness that did not receive mental health services in the previous year.
What is 60%?
Bouncing back from a traumatic event.
What is resilience?
Treatment involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma.
What is Trauma Informed Care?
If an elderly person appears delusional, it is a possibility they may have this.
What is a urinary tract infection?
deteriorating job performance , issues with alcohol and drugs, acting out of character, overwhelmed, felling out of control, giving away cherished possessions, self isolating.
What are sign of police suicide?
To Improve Officer and Consumer Safety & help persons with mental disorders and/or addictions access medical treatment rather than place them in the criminal justice system due to illness related behaviors.
What are two basic goals of CIT?
The exposure to the trauma experiences of others, is an occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and others.
What is vicarious trauma?