Potpourri
CISM does not deal with the crisis itself but with this.
What are reactions?
The intervention model always used in working with individuals in crisis.
What is SAFER-R?
An informational intervention aimed at heterogeneous groups
What is a Crisis Management Briefing?
Anger
What is emotional distress?
Acknowledgement of a crisis
What is SAFER-R?
Without this, a crisis will continue to be a crisis.
What is a resolution?
The removal of a person from external stimuli and antagonists
What is stabilizaiton
Defusing and CISD are examples of these types of groups.
What are interactive groups?
Suicidal ideation
What is dysfunction?
Exploration
What is a defusing?
The initial task in any crisis response.
What is assessment?
The intervention used when a person appears severely impaired or needs an intervention outside the responder's capabilities
What is referral?
Defusing and CISD should only be used with these kinds of groups.
What are homogeneous groups?
PTSD
What is dysfunction?
Information and food
What is RITS?
A state of heightened emotional arousal.
What is a crisis?
An element of facilitating an understanding of an experience.
What is normalization?
Presence of this trained professional is required for any CISD
What is a mental health professional?
Somatic reactions
What is distress?
Questions and answers usually follow at the end of this heterogenous group process.
What is a crisis management briefing?
The type of stress that is usually regarded as positive.
What is eustress?
The final goal of any crisis intervention model
What is restoration of adaptive functioning?
The number of steps in a typical CISD
What is 7?
Anger at God
What is distress?
Reaction phase
What is CISD?