Unlike books focusing on a single crisis topic, Crisis helps recognize common signs of endangerment across a range of life challenges by showing the interconnections between various harmful events. Through media coverage of school shootings, suicides, domestic abuse, workplace violence, and more, we've become accustomed to hearing about violence and trauma-almost invariably followed by reports that show all of the warning signs that were missed. While it is impossible to predict when, where, and with whom a crisis will occur, we do have the means to be better equipped to intervene in stressful situations before they tip over into a crisis. Important preventative information is readily available, and this book better prepares us to take appropriate responsive action. Often a crisis is the result of a critical life event; whether or not a life-changing event turns into a crisis depends on the type, timing, and interpretation of the event, the person's life cycle development phase, history of healthy coping, and available timely support. In sum, Lee Ann Hoff illustrates how to recognize crisis as both danger and opportunity. The more we know about how to spot a potential crisis and what to do, the more likely distressed persons will get the help they need.

Crisis: How to Help Yourself and Others in Distress or Danger

Politics & Social Sciences

Hoff, Lee Ann

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

A Valuable Resource for Crisis Intervention''With societal problems increasing, this book is critical for its usefulness to a wide variety of clinical concerns.... A must for all practitioners in primary care settings.''--Ann W. Burgess, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Now in its fourth edition, this is a comprehensive guide to the current theory and practice of successful strategies for working with people in crisis. This timely book takes a holistic approach, providing information for understanding, assessing, and intervening. It focuses on the victim/survivor and the assailant, and details how to administer prevention, crisis intervention, and follow-up care.

People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Medical/Nur

People in Crisis : Understanding and Helping, Second Edition- 1984 This book is about people in crisis and those who help them. It gives a comprehensive during their periods of crisis, and what strategies and resources can be used to help them. Winner of the American Journal or Nursing Book of the Year award in its first edition (1979).

Addison-Wesley

During 1988 in the USA, battered women's programmes took 58,000 telephone calls and sheltered 5407 women and children. For every woman sheltered another is turned away. "Battered Women as Survivors" documents the results of an urban field study of nine women who were victims of domestic violence. It reveals why the women stayed with, and eventually left, their violent partners; the response they received from family, friends, and professionals; what happened when they left their partners and entered the shelter. The study follows the women through the problems they face upon leaving the shelter, from homelessness and poverty through to the psychological effects of their situation. The author also addresses the theoretical, methodological, and policy implications of the work, including a follow-up study of the women's lives five years later.

Battered Women As Survivors

Routledge

288p thick paperback, very good, from a Cambridge college library

Battered Women as Survivors

Violence and Abuse Issues

After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the physical health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants themselves, has started to take centre stage as a public issue of worldwide concern. Health and social service providers are in pivotal positions to provide preventive and restorative services to those affected by violent and abusive behaviour. This comprehensive textbook presents theoretical background and practical strategies for doing so, providing a solid knowledge base for good practice in this area. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary aspects of violence and victim/survivor care and addresses violence over the lifespan, covering: <ul>
<li>child sexual and physical abuse</li> <li>sexual assault of adults</li> <li>battering and emotional abuse of intimate partners</li> <li>elder abuse</li> <li>perpetrators of violence and abuse</li> <li>violence in learning and work environments</li> <li>vicarious trauma and self-care</li> <li>interconnections between various forms of violence, including socially approved violence in the media and in war.</li>
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This text is an essential resource for qualified practitioners wanting to learn more about this area and for students starting out in health and social care. Each chapter includes case studies and thinking points, and suggestions for application in practice settings. A companion website provides materials for students and educators, enabling the inclusion of violence issues in an already busy curriculum. Lee Ann Hoff is a nurse-anthropologist and crisis specialist. She has published widely and is the author of the award-winning textbook People in Crisis. She has extensive experience as an educator, consultant, clinician, and crisis service manager.

Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care

Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care addresses key mental health concepts and strategies for time-pressured practitioners in various healthcare settings serving diverse populations. It offers theoretically sound and succinct guidelines for compassionate, efficient, and effective service to people in emotional and physical pain and distress, capturing the essentials of mental health care delivered by primary care providers. The text provides a theoretical overview, discussing mental health assessment, crisis care basics, alternative therapies, and vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents and older people. It includes chapters that focus on the following topics in Primary Care Practice: <ul>
<li>Suicide and Violence </li> <li>Anxiety</li> <li>Mood disorders</li> <li>Schizophrenia</li> <li>Substance Abuse </li> <li>Chronic illness and mental health.</li> </ul> This invaluable text is designed for primary care providers in either graduate student or practice roles across a range of primary care practice, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Self-Help

Morgan, Betty

Relationships

Death & Grief

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Crisis: How to Help Yourself and Others in Distress or Danger

People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping

People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping

People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping

Battered Women As Survivors

Battered Women as Survivors

Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

Violence and Abuse Issues

Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care

Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care