Lesson One - Resiliency and Community Resources

Crisis Intervention

The APA defines crisis intervention as a “psychological intervention provided on a short-term, emergency basis for individuals experiencing mental health crises, such as an acute psychotic episode or attempted suicide”.

The purpose of crisis intervention is to help reduce emotional, psychological, physical, and behavioural reactions to life events that can cause a crisis. It helps to bring people from a heightened state back down to their normal level of functioning.

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