An Overview of Crisis Intervention Understanding

Abstract

Psychologists, social workers, counselors, and helpers use crisis intervention as a technique to deal with crisis situations. It is a short-term, urgent psychological treatment for people experiencing upheaval and disarray. Both manual and electronic database searches, such as Pub Med and Google Scholar, have been conducted to find relevant literature.  People suffering from mental illnesses sometimes find themselves in crisis situations. Numerous interventions, such as crisis plans, which are known to be very successful in lowering coercive measures, have been designed to act as preventative measures.  In order to prevent clients from experiencing trauma again, counselors must approach crisis assessment, intervention, and stabilization through a trauma-informed perspective. Counselors are guided in evaluating and stabilizing clients in crisis by the Seven Stage Crisis Intervention Model (SSCIM). Crisis intervention seeks to stabilize or return equilibrium to normal functioning while providing support to individuals experiencing mental health crises. The public’s indignation over the deaths of mentally ill individuals by police has led governments to increase the availability of crisis services that combine the skills of social workers and police.