Browsing by Subject "Crisis Intervention"

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    Continuing Research During a Crisis
    (Springer, 2021-04) Kroenke, Kurt; Bair, Matthew J.; Sachs, Greg A.; Medicine, School of Medicine
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    COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media
    (Springer Nature, 2020-05-06) Cheng, Pu; Xia, Guohua; Pang, Peng; Wu, Bo; Jiang, Wei; Li, Yong-Tong; Wang, Mei; Ling, Qi; Chang, Xiaoying; Wang, Jinghan; Dai, Xiaocheng; Lin, Xiaojin; Bi, Xiaoting; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    This article describes a peer support project developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, organized to offer peer psychological support from overseas to healthcare professionals on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. This pandemic extremely challenged the existing health care systems and caused severe mental distress to frontline healthcare workers. The authors describe the infrastructure of the team and a novel model of peer support and crisis intervention that utilized a popular social media application on smartphone. Such a model for intervention that can be used elsewhere in the face of current global pandemic, or future disaster response.
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    Crisis event dispositions following a crisis response team intervention
    (APA, 2021) Bailey, Katie; Lee, Guijin; Victor, Grant; Sightes, Emily; Comartin, Erin; Grommon, Eric; Ray, Bradley; School of Public and Environmental Affairs
    OBJECTIVE: We examined dispositions of crisis response team (CRT) events over 2 years in a large Midwestern city. METHOD: Between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019, the CRT self-dispatched to mental/behavioral health-related 9-1-1 calls. Data utilized for analysis included demographic information of persons in crisis, crisis type, and crisis event dispositions. Crisis types were mental health, self-harm, and substance use related. Event dispositions included immediate detention, arrest, transport, and issue resolved. Multinomial regression models were used to predict crisis event dispositions as a function of the three crisis types, controlling for covariates. The sample included 1,426 events to distinct individuals. RESULTS: Most CRT events involved persons who were White (47.7%; n = 680), male (56.1%; n = 800), and an average of 39.3 years of age (SD = 16.6). Most crises were mental health (65.4%; n = 932), followed by self-harm (31.7%; n = 452), and substance use (25.9%; n = 370). Events were generally resolved at the scene (55.0%, n = 784); over a quarter resulted in immediate detention (26.9%, n = 384), followed by voluntary transport (14.0%, n = 200), and arrest (4.1%, n = 58). Crisis type was a significant predictor of event dispositions: Self-harm crises were associated with immediate detention and voluntary transport, and substance use crises with arrest. Homelessness was also a significant predictor of arrest. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The findings provide a better understanding of the short-term impact of CRTs. Data highlight how crisis type indicators predict event dispositions, demonstrating potential for more efficient emergency responder utilization by dispatching units according to crisis type. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).