Crisis Intervention Handbook
Assessment, Treatment, and Research
5th Edition
Published on 20. August 2025
Book
Hardback
760 pages
978-0-19-768783-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is essential to those working in healthcare, mental health, and as first responders. First published in 1990, this fifth edition of the classic and widely acclaimed text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for individuals, organizations, and communities wishing to develop competencies in crisis management and intervention. Kenneth Yeager has again masterfully updated earlier editions, edited by the late Albert Roberts, while keeping as core content Roberts' seven-stage model. It is the only reference book using evidence-based approaches to crisis intervention.
This work provides hands on techniques and interventions to be applied in a variety of areas and presents clearly outlined and concise processes covering the widest range of crisis events. This is the one indispensable book for students and practitioners alike. Covering current pressing topics with a variety of examples of how to apply Roberts' seven stage model, The Crisis Intervention Handbook addresses the most demanding and consequential issues faced in crisis intervention. The book provides a hands on approach designed to address a full range of acute crisis episodes, including school violence, battering, adult substance use disorder, school violence response to crisis in healthcare, and mass disasters, such as terrorist attacks. It additionally, walks the reader through outcome assessment and scale development.
This work provides hands on techniques and interventions to be applied in a variety of areas and presents clearly outlined and concise processes covering the widest range of crisis events. This is the one indispensable book for students and practitioners alike. Covering current pressing topics with a variety of examples of how to apply Roberts' seven stage model, The Crisis Intervention Handbook addresses the most demanding and consequential issues faced in crisis intervention. The book provides a hands on approach designed to address a full range of acute crisis episodes, including school violence, battering, adult substance use disorder, school violence response to crisis in healthcare, and mass disasters, such as terrorist attacks. It additionally, walks the reader through outcome assessment and scale development.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-768783-3 (9780197687833)
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Kenneth R. Yeager | Albert R. Roberts
Crisis Intervention Handbook
Assessment, Treatment, and Research
E-Book
06/2025
5th Edition
OUP eBook
€70.49
Available for download
Kenneth R. Yeager | Albert R. Roberts
Crisis Intervention Handbook
Assessment, Treatment, and Research
E-Book
06/2025
5th Edition
OUP eBook
€70.49
Available for download
Persons
Kenneth R. Yeager is Professor Emeritus in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ohio State. Dr. Yeager, retired in July of 2023 as a full professor form the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. He held the David E. Schuller, MD, Professor for Patient Compassion, endowed professorship; served as director of the Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program. Rresearch interests include psychological trauma, crisis intervention, crime victims and substance-use disorders and the interplay of trauma on healthcare providers and first responders including the impact of the Brief Emotional Support Team (BEST) model for peer support which received national recognition from the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care and the National Academy of Medicine.
Content
Chapter 1: Bridging the Past and Present to the Future of Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management
Chapter 2: Lethality Assessment and Crisis Intervention With Persons Presenting With Suicidal Ideation
Chapter 3: Differentiating Among Stress, Acute Stress Disorder, Acute Crisis Episodes, Trauma, and PTSD: Paradigm and Treatment Goals
Chapter 4: Crisis Intervention for Persons Diagnosed With Clinical Disorders Based on the Stress-Crisis Continuum
Chapter 5: Suicide Crisis Intervention
Chapter 6: The ACT Model: Assessment, Crisis Intervention, and Trauma Treatment in the Aftermath of Community Disasters
Chapter 7: An Examination of the US Response to Bioterrorism: Confronting Trauma and Managing the Threat and Aftermath Through Crisis Intervention
Chapter 8: Crisis Intervention and First Responders: Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Traumatic Events
Chapter 9: Crisis Intervention Teams: Community Partnerships Supporting Police-Based First Response for People in Mental Health Crisis
Chapter 10: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies: Mobile Crisis Response
Chapter 11: Crisis Intervention With Early Adolescents Who Have Suffered a Significant Loss
Chapter 12: A Comprehensive Model for Crisis Intervention With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Their Children
Chapter 13: Crisis Intervention With Stalking Victims
Chapter 14: Crisis Intervention with Persons Affected by Gambling Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing
Chapter 15: Crisis Intervention Application of Brief Solution-Focused Therapy in Addictions
Chapter 16: Crisis Intervention for Women with Chronic Health Issues
Chapter 17: Animal-Assisted Crisis Response
Chapter 18: Trauma Support Services for Healthcare Workers: The Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program
Chapter 19: Effective Crisis Intervention With Care Givers
Chapter 20: Effective Crisis Intervention: Knowledge, Skills and Models
Chapter 21: The Crisis State Assessment Scale: Development and Psychometrics
Chapter 22: Designs and Procedures for Evaluating Crisis Intervention and Trauma-Informed Care
Chapter 2: Lethality Assessment and Crisis Intervention With Persons Presenting With Suicidal Ideation
Chapter 3: Differentiating Among Stress, Acute Stress Disorder, Acute Crisis Episodes, Trauma, and PTSD: Paradigm and Treatment Goals
Chapter 4: Crisis Intervention for Persons Diagnosed With Clinical Disorders Based on the Stress-Crisis Continuum
Chapter 5: Suicide Crisis Intervention
Chapter 6: The ACT Model: Assessment, Crisis Intervention, and Trauma Treatment in the Aftermath of Community Disasters
Chapter 7: An Examination of the US Response to Bioterrorism: Confronting Trauma and Managing the Threat and Aftermath Through Crisis Intervention
Chapter 8: Crisis Intervention and First Responders: Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Traumatic Events
Chapter 9: Crisis Intervention Teams: Community Partnerships Supporting Police-Based First Response for People in Mental Health Crisis
Chapter 10: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies: Mobile Crisis Response
Chapter 11: Crisis Intervention With Early Adolescents Who Have Suffered a Significant Loss
Chapter 12: A Comprehensive Model for Crisis Intervention With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Their Children
Chapter 13: Crisis Intervention With Stalking Victims
Chapter 14: Crisis Intervention with Persons Affected by Gambling Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing
Chapter 15: Crisis Intervention Application of Brief Solution-Focused Therapy in Addictions
Chapter 16: Crisis Intervention for Women with Chronic Health Issues
Chapter 17: Animal-Assisted Crisis Response
Chapter 18: Trauma Support Services for Healthcare Workers: The Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Program
Chapter 19: Effective Crisis Intervention With Care Givers
Chapter 20: Effective Crisis Intervention: Knowledge, Skills and Models
Chapter 21: The Crisis State Assessment Scale: Development and Psychometrics
Chapter 22: Designs and Procedures for Evaluating Crisis Intervention and Trauma-Informed Care