Therapeutic Approaches
Acronyms in the field of Mental Health
Crisis
100

This approach to therapy highlights the importance of searching for solutions rather than focusing on problems?

What is Solution-Focused Therapy 

100

In the 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition(DSM V) the American Psychiatric Association (APA) eliminated the use of this?

GAF

100

This law applies when a patient makes a threat to a psychotherapist of serious violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims

Tarasoff

200

This format of psychotherapy helps a person recognize and connect negative or inaccurate thinking patterns  

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

200

This international mutual aid recovery based fellowship formed in 1935 is popular with dual diagnosis clients

AA

200

5150 is the number of the Welfare and Institutions Code which allows an adult who is experiencing a mental health crisis to be involuntarily detained for danger to self, others or grave disability for this long?

72 hours

300

This modified type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’s main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions and improve their relationships with others.

What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

300

This mental health treatment technique involves moving your eyes a specific way while you process traumatic memories

EMDR

300

 In 2022, this number to call during a mental health crisis replaced what was formerly known as the “National Suicide Prevention Hotline”

988

400

This variation of psychoanalytic therapy suggests that humans are primarily motivated by the need for contact with others and the need to form relationships and secure attachments.

What is Object Relations Therapy 

400

Swiss American Psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, proposed that there are five stages of grief which are popularly known by this acronym.

DABDA

400

This population is at highest risk for suicide

Middle Aged Men (specifically over age 45.  85 and older are the highest risk group of any in the country due to isolation, access to lethal means).