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Family crisis intervention in social services
Author(s) -
O'Hagan Kieran
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j.1467-6427.1984.00641.x
Subject(s) - crisis intervention , intervention (counseling) , family therapy , psychology , crisis response , social work , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , economic growth , political science , public relations , economics
This article advocates the use of family therapy in crisis intervention. It relies upon the literature on crisis intervention, on family therapy literature, and on ten years experience of working in a social services area office, in which social workers are often required to respond alone to many different kinds of crises. Two typical referrals demanding crisis intervention and the responses to them are described.