Crisis intervention definition

Crisis intervention means the implementation of a service, support, or strategy to immediately stabilize a crisis and prevent the crisis from reoccurring after the crisis ends.

Crisis intervention means actions taken, and services provided to address emergency psychological, physiological, and safety aspects of alcohol, drug-related, and mental health crises.

Crisis intervention means an immediately available service to meet the psychological, physiological and environmental needs of individuals who are experiencing a mental health and/or substance abuse crisis.

Examples of Crisis intervention in a sentence

• Guidance: Crisis intervention and stabilization could include services such as mobile crisis, or short term residential or other facility based services in order to avoid inpatient hospitalization.

• Crisis intervention services may be provided to eligible individuals outside of the clinic and billed provided the provision of out-of-clinic services is clinically/programmatically appropriate.

• Crisis intervention services may be provided to eligible individuals outside of the clinic and billed, provided the provision of out-of-clinic services is clinically/programmatically appropriate.

• Crisis intervention with children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances or mental illness and their families: A training curriculum.

• Crisis intervention activities, limited annually to 180 hours, shall include assessing the crisis situation, providing short-term counseling designed to stabilize the individual, providing access to further immediate assessment and follow-up, and linking the individual and family with ongoing care to prevent future crises.

More Definitions of Crisis intervention

Crisis intervention means those services which respond to an alcohol or other drug user's needs during acute emotional or physical distress;

Crisis intervention means services in response to a psychiatric disorder or addiction emergency, either provided directly by the provider or made available by arrangement with a medical facility or an individual physician licensed under Indiana law.

Crisis intervention means a service, lasting less than 24 hours, to or on behalf of a beneficiary for a condition which requires more timely response than a regularly scheduled visit. Service activities may include but are not limited to assessment, collateral and therapy. Crisis intervention is distinguished from crisis stabilization by being delivered by providers who are not eligible to deliver crisis stabilization or who are eligible, but deliver the service at a site other than a provider site that has been certified by the department or a Mental Health Plan to provide crisis stabilization.

Crisis intervention means short-term, immediate assistance and advocacy given by phone or in person to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Crisis intervention services include but are not limited to assessing dangerousness, safety planning, information about available legal remedies, establishing rapport and communication, identifying major problems, exploring feelings and providing support, exploring possible alternatives, and/or formulating an action plan and follow-up measures.

Crisis intervention means services that respond to a substance abuser’s needs during acute episodes that may involve physical distress.

Crisis intervention means one of the three emergency assistance components offered by the Energy Assistance Program. Crisis intervention assists households whose gross annual income exceeds the income limit except for allowable qualifying expenses for a crisis, which reduces the annual income to the income limit or less.

Crisis intervention means a face-to-face contact between a therapist or counselor and a beneficiary in crisis. Services shall focus on alleviating crisis problems. “Crisis” means an actual relapse or an unforeseen event or circumstance which presents to the beneficiary an imminent threat of relapse. Crisis intervention services shall be limited to stabilization of the beneficiary's emergency situation.