| Description |
xxiv, 477 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Crisis Theory and Practice: Introduction and Overview -- 2. Understanding People in Crisis -- 3. Identifying People in Crisis -- 4. Helping People in Crisis -- 5. Family and Social Network Strategies During Crisis -- 6. Suicide and Other Self-Destructive Behavior: Understanding and Assessment -- 7. Helping Self-Destructive People and Those Mourning Suicide -- 8. The Crisis of Victimization by Violence -- 9. The Violent Person: Individual and Sociocultural Factors -- 10. Violence and Crisis from Disaster -- 11. Threats to Health Status and Self-Image -- 12. Threats to Occupational and Residential Security -- 13. Stress and Change During Life Passages -- 14. People with AIDS: Personal, Community, and Global Perspectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-461) and indexes |
| Subject |
Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
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| LC no. |
94046309 |
| ISBN |
0787900842 (acid-free paper) |
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