Creating excellence in crisis care :

Hoff, Lee Ann.

Creating excellence in crisis care : a guide to effective training and program designs / Lee Ann Hoff, Kazimiera Adamowski ; forewords by Richard Ramsay, Leona L. Eggert. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1998. - xviii, 272 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index

Foreword / Foreword / The Significance and Urgency of Psychosocial and Crisis Care -- Illustrations of Education, Training, and Comprehensive Service Needs in Psychosocial and Crisis Care -- Essentials of Educational and Clinical Training Programs -- Implementing Core Crisis Content -- Differential Application of Core Crisis Content -- Service Program Planning and Development -- Essential Program Elements and Organizational Structure -- Program Management and Evaluation -- Crisis Consultation and Community Education. Richard Ramsay -- Leona L. Eggert -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Drawing on the best practices from the United States and Canada, the book is filled with vivid examples that clearly demonstrate how a holistic, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approach is the most practical response to the challenges of working with people in crisis. This comprehensive text offers a field-tested framework and systematic method for including crisis content - critical life events, violence, victimization, suicide, and psychiatric emergencies - in the formal training of health and other human services professionals.



0787940712 (hardcover : alk. paper)

98018125 //r98


Crisis intervention (Mental health services)--Study and teaching.
Crisis intervention (Mental health services)--Administration.
Crisis Intervention--organization & administration

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