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Wharff, Elizabeth A.; Ginnis, Katherine M.; Ross, Abigail M. – Social Work, 2012
The prevailing model of care for psychiatric patients in the emergency room (ER) is evaluation and disposition, with little or no treatment provided. This article describes the results of a pilot study of a family-based crisis intervention (FBCI) for suicidal adolescents and their families in a large, urban pediatric ER. FBCI is an intervention…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Suicide, Adolescents, Patients
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Cacciatore, Joanne; Carlson, Bonnie; Michaelis, Elizabeth; Klimek, Barbara; Steffan, Sara – Social Work, 2011
This article describes a unique use of social workers as crisis response team (CRT) members in a nontraditional host setting, municipal fire departments in Arizona. The role of modern-day firefighters has changed dramatically and now includes responding to a wide variety of crises and emergencies other than fires, such as motor vehicle accidents,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Crisis Intervention, Altruism, Crisis Management