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Crisis intervention in theory and practice: A selective review
Author(s) -
Hobbs Michael
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1984.tb01577.x
Subject(s) - crisis intervention , intervention (counseling) , multidisciplinary approach , psychic , decompensation , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , psychoanalysis , alternative medicine , sociology , social science , pathology
Crisis intervention is a model for the treatment of acute states of psychological decompensation, including some formal psychiatric disorders. In addition to crisis resolution the intervention maximizes the related potential for psychic growth and maturation, and so represents an important tool in preventive psychiatry. Crisis intervention provides the conceptual framework for an increasing number of community‐based multidisciplinary psychiatric services. In this paper, a selective review of the literature is presented in order to outline crisis theory and the practice of crisis intervention.