HN220 Unit 2 DB

Discuss one of the acts that played into the history of prevention and crisis intervention. What gave rise to this change in the history of crisis intervention? Pick one of the topics to discuss in detail: the suicide prevention movement, the Community Mental Health Act, the Lanterman Petris Short Act, or Psychiatric Emergency Treatment. How did these acts/movements change the role of prevention and crisis intervention in the United States?

There are five main approaches to crisis intervention:

1. Psychoanalytic

2. Humanistic

3. Existential

4. Cognitive-behavioral

5. Family-systems model

Which of these approaches could you see yourself using as a crisis-intervention worker? Why? Provide an example of how you would use this approach in your work.