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Crisis Intervention Strategies (with InfoTrac )
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.89025
EAN: 9780534569662
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0534569668
Label: Wadsworth Publishing
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: August 04, 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Studio: Wadsworth Publishing
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Editorial Review:
In this new edition of their best seller, Richard K. James and Burl E. Gilliland present the latest research, theories, and techniques of this rapidly evolving field, along with case material from real crisis situations. Authoritative, class-tested, and based on the authors'extensive experience teaching crisis intervention courses, the book includes information on cutting-edge topics such as cybercounseling via the Internet and compassion fatigue. The Fifth Edition gives students the skills and strategies they need to take crisis intervention theory and technique out of the classroom and onto the street.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - For the individual with no crisis planning and services experience.
As required for licensure, I used this text for the mandated Crisis Intervention post-master's course. In addition to basic mental health crisis intervention, the book primarily focuses on crisis response, crisis planning, and other concepts introduced to the general public by FEMA and HRSA after the events of 9/11.
I suppose if you are not familiar with the planning component, and do not want to take the time to search through the free FEMA and Red Cross files on the net, you'll have ... Read More
Rating:  - Becoming a bit stale...
The material is becoming a bit dated now with the continued inclusion of psychoanalytic theory, the Chinese "danger" and "opportunity" symbols refuted by language scholars, and too many offensive terms. For example, on page 5 decribes veterans suffering from PTSD as those who have "turnstiled through VA hospitals," and page 280 on substance abuse includes an example of a "passerby who gives a street bum a handout," so that "the bum is enable to buy the wine." Some fresh talent is needed to revive this ... Read More
Rating: - Good Information
I work as a Crisis Intervention Specialist for a hospital, so I thought that this information would be useful, as I was taking a graduate level class in Crisis Intervention. I think that this is a good book for someone that is just starting out, but for a seasoned veteran, I thought that it wsn't that helpful.
Rating: - Not Bad. . .
The authors definitely know their material, but I agree with the review by, "a reader," in relation to how much swearing they put in with dialogues. I also thought that the dialogues were contrived with no attempt at making them seem realistic. I got the impression that the writer may not have been a therapist and was playing make-believe, "If I was at the top of my field in psychology and having suicidal thoughts, this is what I would say and this is how I would respond to someone like that." I just don't ... Read More
Rating: - Skip the profanity
A fairly good text, it probably covers the field better than other available sources. However, the selection of illustrations seem to be chosen based on how much profanity they can include. I realize that crisis situations involve people who don't monitor their usage, but why include every F--- and other curse word when they aren't needed to convey the meaning.
I teach large classes and probably won't adopt this title because of the gratuitous inclusion of verbal static.
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