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The article presents the crisis intervention model devised by Andreoli (Geneva) which is currently being developed in most crisis units and emergency services in the French-speaking countries of Europe. Two clinical examples are presented: the Short Therapy Centre (Geneva, Switzerland) and the crisis unit of the Saint-Luc Clinic (Brussels, Belgium). The following aspects of these approaches are discussed: (a) the need for crisis intervention rather than a simple answer to emergency, (b) the need for crisis intervention in all acute psychiatric disorders and not only in psychosocial problems, (c) the need to integrate psychiatric hospitalization into a coherent mental health policy, (d) the need for well-trained and round-the-clock teams, (e) the need for continuity of care.

The current status of crisis intervention theory is reviewed, and concepts are presented to make the crisis model easier and more effective for therapists to use

AbstractWhile based on individual crisis intervention techniques, work with families and children is one of the more complex applications of crisis theory and one that requires a degree of precision not ordinarily demanded of psychotherapists.

Der Artikel gibt Einblick in die praktische Tätigkeit einer Beratungsstelle des Berliner Krisendienstes. Nach einer kurzen Begriffbestimmung zeigt der Autor an Hand zweier Beispiele Interventionsmöglichkeiten bei akuten Krisen, die in psychiatrische Notfälle übergegangen sind bzw. im Begriff sind, überzugehen. Dabei legt er insbesondere Wert darauf, neben einer Inhaltsebene die Prozessebene der Krisenintervention zu betrachten. Vereinbarte Rahmenbedingungen zwischen den Beratern eröffnen Möglichkeiten, bei Interventionen vor Ort handlungsfähig zu bleiben.

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We assessed retrospectively in two periods of evaluation all inpatient crisis interventions (n1 = 75, n2 = 65) conducted in a psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents aged 13 to 19 years. In a first preliminary study we described patterns of family dynamics and developed an evaluation plan, which was used in the second study reported here. Familial conflict situations proved to be the essential factors. The adolescents' psychiatric diagnoses differed considerably from those of adult patients. Therapeutic management using a psychoanalytically oriented focal therapy and a more social-psychiatrically oriented crisis management is discussed. Data on adolescents' and families' collaboration as well as on the success of therapy are reported. It was possible to offer developmental prospects if the adolescents were able to consider their inner conflicts and if concurrently an agreement could be reached with the family. Collaboration with community health-care professionals, in particular with the appropriate social workers, was an important step in the majority of cases. Usually discharge to the home followed within a few days, in some cases to a supervised residence group. Twenty-three percent of patients required longer inpatient therapy.

The Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities synthesizes a substantive range of evidence-based research on clinical treatments as well as organizational processes and policy. This comprehensive resource examines the concept of behavioral crisis in children and adults with special needs and provides a data-rich trove of research-into-practice findings. Emphasizing continuum-of-care options and evidence-based best practices, the volume examines crisis interventions across diverse treatment settings, including public and private schools, nonacademic residential settings as w