Reviews the prevalence of suicide among older people in the United States and how it has changed over time. Considers the characteristic intent and implementation of suicidal behavior, and reviews literature on risk factors. Discusses training primary care providers to recognize high-risk, isolated older people. Provides recommendations concerning…

Describes two studies examining the link between the counseling skills of hotline counselors and their conceptualizing abilities. The first relied on counselors' postinterview conceptualizations of callers' problems and found no link between conceptualization accuracy and counseling skill. However, the accuracy of conceptualizations as measured by…

Crisis intervention requires that the person experiencing crisis receive timely and skillful support to help cope with his/her situation before future physical or emotional deterioration occurs. This Digest provides a brief, conceptual overview of crisis intervention, and summarizes the steps a worker may use to assist an individual experiencing…

Each week the equivalent of fifty 48-passenger bus loads of students do not return to school because they have died. Created to foster successful responses to crisis situations, this book serves as a step by step reference guide for school administrators, counselors, and other faculty. Techniques are presented for dealing with: (1) murders; (2)…

Hotlines, or telephone crisis-lines, begun in the 1960s and currently numbering in the hundreds provide assistance to callers in crisis, frequently around the clock. Crisis-line communication can be seen as a form of mediated therapeutic communication premised on the existence of a crisis and the medium of the telephone which shapes the…

Given the large numbers of people who are fleeing their homeland, many social workers will encounter refugees who are seeking assistance. A need for a sound understanding of the trauma suffered by these people is evident. A crisis-intervention approach for dealing with Cambodian refugees, with consideration of their unique cultural…

Offers specialists in group work with incest survivors a developmental perspective. Links suggestions for therapy to developmental issues. (Author/ABB)

The poetry of adolescents in despair may provide us with early signs of suicide; hence referral to professional help may result at an early stage. In analyzing words used in suicidal and nonsuicidal and adolescent's poetry, significant differences were found. Differences showed themselves in the vigor and intensity of loaded words in the suicide…

Conceived as a resource for counselors, teachers, administrators, parents and others, this is a hands-on book that provides useful information and guidance on strategies, techniques and plans that have worked well in addressing the trauma of a tragic event. This book is a collection of original material, news stories, handouts, and even…

This extensively revised second edition provides a practical framework for offering immediate problem-solving assistance by telephone to persons in crisis. The text offers specific techniques to deal with out-of-control situations with the highly important initial steps to protect the caller, the crisis worker, and the community. The scope of the…

Presents Life Space Interview (LSI) or Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) with second-grade student from threatening home environment. Uses Reality Rub Intervention Interview, focusing on five variations: distorted perceptions, tunnel vision, faulty thinking, avoidance, and alibi. Describes incident that led to intervention, interview itself,…

Describes the experiences in providing clinical services to more than 120 victims and their families following the Oklahoma City bombing. Discusses the organization and employment of treatment/intervention teams, unique dimensions of this traumatic event, techniques of art therapy utilized in the stabilization and treatment of survivors, and other…

Uses a case study to detail the workings of a Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI). Narrates how LSCI enabled a 12-year-old boy to discuss the events leading up to him shooting and killing his father. The technique provides professionals with data not easily gained through other methods. (RJM)

Provides insight into the emotional and behavioral reactions of telephone counselors to sexual and sexually abusive callers. Discusses implications for trainers. (Author/ABB)

Proposes a model describing the influence of rape on the victim's male sexual partner. Describes his role in the different stages of her recovery, including the acute stage, outward adjustment, and integration. Counselors should respect the crisis faced by the husband/boyfriend since he is the victim's prime support. (JAC)