People in Crisis
Clinical and Diversity Perspectives
(2009: 6th Ed., 542 pp.) Routlege: New York & London. 7th Edition in process.
The first edition of People in Crisis, published in 1978, is highly regarded as a comprehensive and user-friendly text for health and social service professionals. The book and its following incarnations includes critical life events and life cycle transition challenges, clearly pointing out the interconnections between such events, stressful developmental changes, and their potential for growth but also danger of sucide and/or violence toward others.
This revised edition includes new case example and expanded coverage of cross-cultural content, including “commonalities and differences” in origins, manifestations, and crisis responses. It illustrates the application of crisis concepts, assessment, and intervention strategies across a wide range of health and mental health settings, as well as at home, school, workplace, and in the community.
PART and CHAPTER TITLES
Part I: The Understanding and Practice of Crisis Intervention.
Chapter 1 —
Crisis Theory and Practice: Introduction and Overview.
Chapter 2 —
Understanding People in Crisis.
Chapter 3 —
Identifying People at Risk.
Chapter 4 —
Helping People in Crisis.
Chapter 5 —
Family and Social Network Strategies During Crisis.
Part II: Crisis Related to Developmental and Situational Transitional States.
Chapter 6 —
Stress and Change During Life Passages.
Chapter 7 —
Threats to Health and Self-Image.
Chapter 8 —
Threats to Occupational and Residential Security.
Part III: Suicide, Violence, and Catastrophic Events.
Chapter 9 —
Suicide and Other Self-Destructive Behavior: Understanding and Assessment.
Chapter 10 —
Helping Self-Destructive People and Survivors of Suicide.
Chapter 11 —
The Crisis of Victimization by Violence.
Chapter 12 —
The Violent or Abusive Person: Individual and Sociocultural Factors.
Chapter 11 —
Violence and Crisis from Disaster.
