Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
To understand crisis case handling, we need to distinguish between
what crisis interventionists and therapists do, such as: -
correct answer ✅•Principles that underlie the two modes
•Objectives
•Client functioning
•Assessment procedures
long-term therapy principles -
correct answer ✅•Diagnosis: Complete evaluation
•Treatment: Focus on underlying issues
•Plan: Focus on long-term needs
•Methods: Systematically effect short-term, intermediate, and long-
term gains
•Evaluation: Validation is based on client's total functioning
Crisis intervention principles -
correct answer ✅•Diagnosis: Rapid triage
•Treatment: Focus on immediate trauma
•Plan: Focus on immediate needs
•Methods: Use brief therapy to gain immediate control
,Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
•Evaluation: Validation is based on the return of pre-crisis level of
equilibrium
Long-term therapy objectives -
correct answer ✅•Prevent problems
•Correct etiological factors
•Provide systematic support
•Facilitate growth
•Re-educate
•Express emotional attitudes
•Resolve conflict
•Accept reality
•Reorganize attitudes
Maximize intellectual resources
Crisis intervention objectives -
correct answer ✅•Ensure client safety
•Predisposition
•Define problem
,Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
•Provide support
•Examine alternatives
•Develop a plan
•Obtain commitment
•Follow-up
Long-term therapy assessment -
correct answer ✅•Intake data: Client is stable and provides
comprehensive details
•Safety: Typically not the primary focus unless indicated
•Time: Ample time for formal and informal assessments
•Reality testing: Typically not needed unless indicated
•Referrals: Used to achieve long-term goals
•Consultation: Available as needed
•Drug use: Assessed via intake data and throughout the course of
therapy
•Disposition: Begin and end therapy with the same counselor.
Therapy is usually voluntary
, Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Crisis intervention assessment -
correct answer ✅•Intake data: Client may not be stable and crisis
worker relies on verbal/visual cues
•Safety: Client and other's safety is the first concern
•Time: No time for formal assessments
•Reality testing: Always assessed via verbal/non-verbal cues
•Referrals: Used to attain safety and stability
•Consultation: Sometimes available via specifically trained police
officers or mobile crisis teams
•Drug use: Immediately assessed via verbal and non-verbal cues
•Disposition: Begin and end intervention with the same worker
within hours to days. Initial intervention is often involuntary
Types of presenting crises at walk in crisis facilities -
correct answer ✅Chronic Crisis
•Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
•Increased drug abuse and rates of crime
•Mental health centers shift focus to "developmental" issues
•Understaffed and underfunded mental health clinics
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
To understand crisis case handling, we need to distinguish between
what crisis interventionists and therapists do, such as: -
correct answer ✅•Principles that underlie the two modes
•Objectives
•Client functioning
•Assessment procedures
long-term therapy principles -
correct answer ✅•Diagnosis: Complete evaluation
•Treatment: Focus on underlying issues
•Plan: Focus on long-term needs
•Methods: Systematically effect short-term, intermediate, and long-
term gains
•Evaluation: Validation is based on client's total functioning
Crisis intervention principles -
correct answer ✅•Diagnosis: Rapid triage
•Treatment: Focus on immediate trauma
•Plan: Focus on immediate needs
•Methods: Use brief therapy to gain immediate control
,Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
•Evaluation: Validation is based on the return of pre-crisis level of
equilibrium
Long-term therapy objectives -
correct answer ✅•Prevent problems
•Correct etiological factors
•Provide systematic support
•Facilitate growth
•Re-educate
•Express emotional attitudes
•Resolve conflict
•Accept reality
•Reorganize attitudes
Maximize intellectual resources
Crisis intervention objectives -
correct answer ✅•Ensure client safety
•Predisposition
•Define problem
,Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
•Provide support
•Examine alternatives
•Develop a plan
•Obtain commitment
•Follow-up
Long-term therapy assessment -
correct answer ✅•Intake data: Client is stable and provides
comprehensive details
•Safety: Typically not the primary focus unless indicated
•Time: Ample time for formal and informal assessments
•Reality testing: Typically not needed unless indicated
•Referrals: Used to achieve long-term goals
•Consultation: Available as needed
•Drug use: Assessed via intake data and throughout the course of
therapy
•Disposition: Begin and end therapy with the same counselor.
Therapy is usually voluntary
, Crisis Intervention Midterm Practice
Test - Chapter: 1-6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Crisis intervention assessment -
correct answer ✅•Intake data: Client may not be stable and crisis
worker relies on verbal/visual cues
•Safety: Client and other's safety is the first concern
•Time: No time for formal assessments
•Reality testing: Always assessed via verbal/non-verbal cues
•Referrals: Used to attain safety and stability
•Consultation: Sometimes available via specifically trained police
officers or mobile crisis teams
•Drug use: Immediately assessed via verbal and non-verbal cues
•Disposition: Begin and end intervention with the same worker
within hours to days. Initial intervention is often involuntary
Types of presenting crises at walk in crisis facilities -
correct answer ✅Chronic Crisis
•Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
•Increased drug abuse and rates of crime
•Mental health centers shift focus to "developmental" issues
•Understaffed and underfunded mental health clinics
