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The Role of Crisis Intervention in the Management of the Chronic Psychiatric Patient

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The Chronic Psychiatric Patient in the Community

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Abstract

A person in crisis is at a turning point. He faces a problem that he cannot readily solve by using the coping mechanisms that have worked for him before. As a result, his tension and anxiety increase, and he becomes less able to find a solution. A person in this situation feels helpless—he is caught in a state of great emotional upset and feels unable to take action on his own to solve his problem.

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  1. Donna Conant Aguilera Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
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  1. Health Services Research and Development Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA

    Ivan Barofsky Ph.D.

  2. McLean Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

    Richard D. Budson M.D. (Director, Community Residential Services) (Director, Community Residential Services)

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Aguilera, D.C. (1983). The Role of Crisis Intervention in the Management of the Chronic Psychiatric Patient. In: Barofsky, I., Budson, R.D. (eds) The Chronic Psychiatric Patient in the Community. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6308-8_7

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