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crisis prevention/intervention
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<DIV>Is there any kind of research model for providing crisis intervention
training to parents of a child or teen with mental illness (or other family
member with mental illness) where the training is provided to the parents and
child as a group? </DIV>
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<DIV>Reason I am asking: crisis prevention services are hard to come by, often
leaving families with only law enforcement or hospitalization for acute symptoms
as an option. When they are available, some services involve removing the child
for a period of time, such as to a group care center or other facility, as a way
of avoiding hospitalization or other institutionalization. Those services
typically include "processing" the event--often with the processing done by
para-professional people (e.g. child care staff, licensed foster parents, rarely
licensed counselors). For many reasons these approaches are often lacking or
impose additional stress, disruption, even adding to traumatic experiences. (Any
parent who thinks hospitalizing their child will give them a break from the
stress is mistaken. Hospitalization requires considerable involvement from
parents!) I have heard of models where crisis intervention staff may come to the
child's home--my state had written a grant that would have included such a
service but the grant was declined. I have heard of individual situations in
which such arrangements have been made, but currently there is no mechanism in
the state to access such arrangements as an established program. </DIV>
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<DIV>Remedies through psychiatrists and psychologists are not immediate. </DIV>
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<DIV>I'm thinking that good crisis prevention/intervention involves a continuum.
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<DIV>Basically I am thinking of situations in which the person is susceptible to
explosive anger is being treated over time through medications and/or
therapy but which is still going to involve break-through moments. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sheri McMahon</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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