Crisis : how to help yourself and others in distress or danger / Lee Ann Hoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoff, Lee Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management.

Crisis intervention (Mental health services).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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." --P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: building on a rich history

Part I: People in crisis: how do they feel, think, and act, and how can we help?

Chapter 1: Life crises: how to avoid danger and grasp opportunity

Chapter 2: Recognizing different faces of distress on the road to full-blown crisis

Chapter 3: What to do: how to cope and avoid disastrous crisis outcomes.

Part II: Life-threatening crises: suicide, abuse, and violence toward others.

Chapter 4: A cry for help: suicide and other self-destructive behaviors

Chapter 5: Victimization by violence, sexual assault, and emotional abuse

Chapter 6: The violent and abusive person: preventing violence is everybody's business.

Part III: Crises arising from unexpected stressful events and life cycle passages.

Chapter 7: Threats to health status from a serious illness or accident

Chapter 8: Loss of job, home, and financial security

Chapter 9: Life cycle changes, loss and growth: from birth to death

Conclusion: vision for global action: research, education, and practice.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-936418-4

0-19-936417-6

OCLC:

886111159