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,Name: Class: Date:Chapter 1 - Approaching Crisis Intervention
True / False
1. In the disequilibrium that accompanies crisis, anxiety is always present, and the discomfort of anxiety provides an
impetus for change.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Transcrisis states are identical to posttraumatic stress disorder.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. Transcrisis points are frequently accompanied by transcrisis states that occur during interventions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. Existential crises have to do with the struggle to continue to exist after a disaster.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. The Equilibrium model of crisis intervention seeks to equalize faulty thinking.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Basic crisis intervention, while often brief, is not brief therapy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Eclectic crisis intervention involves the intentional and systematic selection and integration of valid concepts and
strategies from all available therapeutic approaches.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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Chapter 1 - Approaching Crisis Intervention
8. Crisis intervention in the United States started at about the time of the Revolutionary War.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. The first suicide intervention program in the United States was created over a hundred years ago.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Crisis intervention services typically start through massive government funding to rectify some ill.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
11. Developmental crises involve abnormal reactions the normal flows of predictable life changes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Chaos theory is a positive theory of crisis because it causes new, previously unknown solutions to be found.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. Psychological first aid is a first-order intervention in crisis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. The ACT Model of crisis intervention seems most appropriate for long term transcrisis intervention when the person
cannot seem to get out of the crisis after a long period of time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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Chapter 1 - Approaching Crisis Intervention
15. Workers who have experienced the crisis a client is experiencing will undoubtedly be better able to handle it because
they have overcome the crisis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
Multiple Choice
16. The term "crisis" refers to the perception of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's:
a. ego strength.
b. resources and coping mechanisms.
c. ability to comprehend the crisis.
d. anxiety level following the crisis.
ANSWER: b
17. Being aware that an individual in crisis is operating in a transcrisis state provides the crisis worker with important
information regarding:
a. transcrisis points.
b. the kind and degree of therapeutic intervention that should be provided for the client.
c. multicultural perspectives that might have a significant impact on the crisis.
d. brief therapy approaches to crises.
ANSWER: b
18. A crisis which is not properly dealt with may become submerged from awareness, where it forms a disease reservoir.
The phenomenon in which such a crisis reemerges later in life, causing the person's previous crisis symptoms to recur
has been termed:
a. acute depressive onset.
b. regression.
c. recidivism.
d. transcrisis.
ANSWER: d
19. The Equilibrium model of crisis intervention is:
a. generally useful with persons who are unable to make appropriate choices during their crisis.
b. used to blend a variety of approaches equally into an eclectic whole.
c. to reduce psychological balance.
d. designed for use with persons who are coping effectively and able to solve problems in a state of crisis.
ANSWER: a
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