1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463938603321

Titolo

Crisis intervention handbook : assessment, treatment, and research / / edited by Kenneth R. Yeager ; founding editor, Albert R. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-020107-X

0-19-020106-1

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (841 pages)

Disciplina

616.89/025

Soggetti

Crisis intervention (Mental health services)

Community mental health services

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CRISIS INTERVENTION HANDBOOKAssessment, Treatment, and Research; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Overview; 1 Bridging the Past and Present to the Future of Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management; 2 Lethality Assessment and Crisis Intervention With Persons Presenting With Suicidal Ideation; 3 How to Work With Clients' Strengths in Crisis Intervention: A Solution-Focused Approach; 4 Differentiating Among Stress, Acute Stress Disorder, Acute Crisis Episodes, Trauma, and PTSD: Paradigm and Treatment Goals

5 Crisis Intervention for Persons Diagnosed With Clinical Disorders Based on the Stress-Crisis Continuum6 Suicide Crisis Intervention; Part II: Crisis Intervention: Disaster and Trauma; 7 The ACT Model: Assessment, Crisis Intervention, and Trauma Treatment in the Aftermath of Community Disasters; 8 Crisis Intervention and First Responders to Events Involving Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction; 9 An Examination of the US Response to Bioterrorism: Handling the Threat and Aftermath Through Crisis Intervention

10 Crisis Intervention Teams: Police-Based First Response for Individuals in Mental Health CrisisPart III: Crisis Intervention with



Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults; 11 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies: Mobile Crisis Response; 12 Crisis Intervention With Early Adolescents Who Have Suffered a Significant Loss; 13 Crisis Intervention at College Counseling Centers; 14 School Crisis Intervention, Crisis Prevention, and Crisis Response; 15 Crisis Intervention With Chronic School Violence and Volatile Situations; Part IV: Vulnerable Populations

16 A Comprehensive Model for Crisis Intervention With Battered Women and Their Children17 Crisis Intervention With Stalking Victims; 18 Crisis Intervention Application of Brief Solution-Focused Therapy in Addictions; 19 Mobile Crisis Units: Front-Line Community Mental  Health Services; 20 Crisis Intervention With HIV-Positive Women; 21 Animal-Assisted Crisis Response; Part V: Crisis Intervention in Healthcare Settings; 22 Trauma Support Services for Healthcare Workers: The Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program; 23 Crisis Intervention With Caregivers

24 A Model of Crisis Intervention in Critical and Intensive Care Units of General HospitalsPart VI: Best Practice Outcomes; 25 Models for Effective Crisis Intervention; 26 The Crisis State Assessment Scale: Development and Psychometrics; 27 Designs and Procedures for Evaluating Crisis Intervention; Glossary; Directory of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention Internet Resources and 24-Hour Hotlines; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fewer concepts in American society have received more attention recently than the need for skilled crisis intervention. Images of crises inundate internet and newspaper headlines, television screens and mobile devices. As a result of the growing amount of acute crisis events portrayed in the media that impact the lives of the general public, interest in crisis intervention, response teams, management, and stabilization has grown tremendously. Skills and methods to effectively manage acute crisis situations are in high demand. While many claim to understand the rapidly growing demand for effect



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779285903321

Titolo

A fine balance [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the quality of governance in Botswana / / edited by Karin Alexander and Gape Kaboyakgosi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pretoria [South Africa], : Idasa, 2012

ISBN

1-280-68371-6

1-920409-84-X

9786613660657

1-920409-83-1

1-920409-85-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

Idasa's democracy index

Altri autori (Persone)

AlexanderKarin

KaboyakgosiGape

Soggetti

Democracy - Botswana

Botswana Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Democracy index for Botswana 2012"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Participation and democracy  -- section 2. Elections and democracy -- section 3. Accountability and democracy -- section 4. Political freedoms and democracy -- section 5. Human dignity and democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

This inaugural Democracy Index for Botswana is intended to set a benchmark for democracy to be measured against. The tool, developed and honed by Idasa over many years, assesses the depth of democracy in a country through five focus areas: participation, elections, accountability, political rights, and human dignity. The research relies on expert analysis to answer a set of questions that interrogate how closely, in practice, democracy meets the broad ideal of self-representative government. More specifically, to what extent can citizens control elected officials and government appointees who