Crises Intervention Stress Management
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Crisis is an acute emotional response that is initiated due to a powerful traumatic event or stimulus. During a crisis situation, the equilibrium existing between the thought process and emotions gets imbalanced and the ability of an individual to cope with the situation crashes.
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Usually, the events that initiate the crisis response are unpredictable and unexpected. These events are beyond the regular experiences that one encounters during his life time at his work place or at home such as serious injury or deaths due to natural calamity like earthquakes, floods and cyclones or handling war casualties. The primary focus is to support individuals who have experienced a traumatic event in their lives.
Stress can have severe impact on the mind as well as on the body. If not managed and resolved appropriately using early supportive interventions, then the stress may lead to several stress reactions and psychological disorders such as acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, loss of self confidence, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, etc. In some cases, the person under severe stress may also experience self-destructive and suicidal tendencies.
Crisis intervention stress management can be extremely useful because it involves a systematic and integrated multi-tactic crisis intervention mechanism to manage stress. Crisis intervention stress management is like an emotional first aid. Although it is provided for a brief temporary period, crisis intervention stress management provides active support to the suffering individuals or group of people during this difficult distress period. Most of the times, crisis intervention is provided by firefighters, emergency doctors and nurses, members of rescue teams, police officers, soldiers, clergymen, and social volunteers.
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