Deck 3: The Intervention and Assessment Models

Question 1

While assisting a client to examine alternatives,the crisis worker is advised to:​

A)beware of situational supports.
B)​ensure that the alternatives are workable and realistic in terms of the action steps.
C)​weigh alternatives chosen against future problems and goals.
D)define the crisis from the worker's perspective.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Alternate forms of the TAF,such as the TACKLE,are designed to deal with very specific populations of emotionally disturbed individuals who are in crisis.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Psychobiolgical assessment is important for people in crisis because dramatic changes can occur in neurotransmitters when people are traumatized.​

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Morality and spirituality are assessed with the TAF.​

Question 5

It is important to determine whether a client is experiencing an acute versus a chronic crisis event to increase the utility of a crisis resolution plan.​

Question 6

The Triage Assessment system is an in-depth rapid but systematic technique for use by crisis workers in determining the severity of a client's past and present dilemmas.

Question 7

The Hybrid model of crisis intervention epitomizes a stage or linear model.

Question 8

​In Task 3 Providing support,which of the following does not belong?

A)informational
B)​logistical
C)​technological
D)social

Question 9

The task model is mostly passive in what it attempts to do.

Question 10

Assessment in crisis intervention:​

A)is best done under controlled conditions using Triage Assessment and other paper and pencil tests that adequately depict intellectual and personality functioning.
B)​is generally continuous throughout the intervention.
C)​generally attempts to adhere to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV guidelines.
D)stops the moment the client regains equilibrium.

Question 11

Anger,fear,and sadness along with frustration are the typical emotional states assessed in crisis intervention.

Question 12

When rating behavioral severity,approach,avoidance,and immobility can be both good and bad.

Question 13

The default task of the Hybrid model is:​

A)safety.
B)​planning.
C)​psychoeducation.
D)follow-up.

Question 14

Assessment is pretty much done at the beginning of a crisis and is a one-shot affair.

Question 15

Establishing a psychological connection is a critical component of Task 1.

Question 16

The Triage Assessment Scale looks at affective,behavioral,and cognitive processes.

Question 17

The fundamental problem in client immobility is being stuck in a continuous nonproductive loop of approach,avoidance,or static behavior.

Question 18

It is not necessary to assess for lethality in every case because all clients certainly do not present with suicidal/homicidal ideation.

Question 19

Melancholy is one of the descriptors on the Affective scale.​

Question 20

The Affective Severity Scale of the Triage Assessment System assesses a broad spectrum of positive and adaptive client behaviors.

Question 21

The Hybrid model conceptualizes assessing as overarching:​

A)tasks 1,2,and 3.
B)​all the tasks.
C)​tasks 4,5,and 6.
D)only steps 7.

Question 22

A rating of 9 on a specific triage A,B,or C scale would indicate:​

A)some overall impairment but controllable emotions.
B)​a great deal of impairment but controllable thinking.
C)​little impairment and no need for control of any dimension.
D)a marked impairment and barely controllable behavior that is moving toward lethality.

Question 23

Minimizing the physical and psychological danger to self and others is a simple way of defining:​

A)the Hybrid model.
B)​providing client support.
C)​short term plans.
D)client safety.

Question 24

If a person received an overall score of 26,you would most likely:​

A)provide them with supportive counseling.
B)​release them in the custody of a support person.
C)​consider getting a crisis intervention police officer there to take them into protective custody
D)do nothing until you had observed them in their ecosystem to make sure your assessment was valid.

Question 25

Describe a hybrid crisis intervention model and the tasks involved with the model presented in this book.

Question 26

What part does psychoeducation play in crisis intervention and why is that more true now than ever before?

Question 27

In helping a client plan viable action steps,it is important for the crisis worker to:​

A)provide information about the course of the crisis and what is likely to happen to most clients.
B)​conduct a long term needs assessment.
C)​consider what types of psychotropic medication will be needed.
D)make choices for the client based on the worker's needs.

Question 28

In the planning phase of crisis intervention,collaboration as opposed to directive stances with clients is important because of the central issues of clients feeling a sense of:​

A)control and autonomy.
B)​long-term self-actualization.
C)​existential completeness.
D)cognitive and affective adequacy.

Question 29

Above all else,the worker's therapeutic style,choices,and strategy must reflect continuous consideration for the client's:​

A)safety.
B)​ego integrity.
C)​personhood.
D)cultural identity.

Question 30

Follow-up is an important task because:​

A)clients will not follow through on plans without help.
B)​success in maintaining precrisis equilibrium is critical.
C)keeping track of the client's long term needs and re-establishing broken relationships is important in moving beyond the crisis and putting it in the past.
D)crises are short-term and once the plan is made the crisis is finished.

Question 31

The psychobiology of humans in crisis is important because:​

A)dramatic changes in neurotransmitters have little practical effect when crises occur.
B)​abnormal changes in neurotransmitters often occur during crises,which effects clients' rationality.
C)​legal drugs have no effect on the crises people encounter.
D)psychobiological functioning is not important to assess during crises.

Question 32

If you rated a client as a 10 on any one individual A,B,or C triage scale you would be saying that s/he was:​

A)potentially lethal.
B)​in need of some counseling.
C)​to be released on her own resources.
D)None of the answers are correct.

Question 33

What does the Triage Assessment model do that few other assessment models for crisis intervention do?

Question 34

There are four major factors in assessing the client's emotional stability.Which of the following is not one of those factors?​

A)Duration of the crisis
B)​Degree of emotional stamina or coping at the client's disposal
C)​Degree of self-actualizing mobility
D)Developmental stage

Question 35

While assisting a client to examine alternatives,the crisis worker is advised to:​

A)ensure that the alternatives chosen are ones that the client can truly own and are realistic "right here" and "right now."
B)​to accept the fact that clients may not be able to come up with alternatives and allow clients to suffer the natural and logical consequences of their actions.
C)​try to get the client to accept worker generated alternatives even if the client is resistant.
D)involve random observers in problem-solving.

Question 36

If the client's decisions were highly impulsive and irrational with the potential to harm others,her behaviors were causing the situation to worsen,and she felt the situation was unreal,she would most likely have a triage score in the:​

A)lower to middle teens.
B)​the high teens.
C)​the low twenties.
D)the high twenties.

Question 37

Of the following neurological factors that may contribute to the severity of a crisis,which is not true?​

A)Neurotransmitter discharge during a crisis,while dramatic,is always of intense,short duration.
B)​Long-term,chronic changes in neurotransmitters have been linked to mental illness.
C)​One's gene pool may have something to do with "catch" rates
D)A client forgetting to take psychotropic drugs to control mental illness.

Question 38

Assessment of cognitive processes in crisis intervention typically involves determining:​

A)the level of negative emotions felt by the client.
B)​how "hot" the client's cognitions of transgression,threat,or loss are.
C)​how maladaptive the client is acting.
D)how many of the client's thoughts are happy.