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A resource for health-care professionals and volunteers that draws from public health, social, cultural, and political perspectives. Includes information on working with victims of crime, the homeless, battered women, victims of environmental threat, and immigrants, with new information on the effects of violence on young people, the physical needs of people with HIV and AIDS, and other topics. The latest edition puts a stronger emphasis on the importance of primary health care in prevention and early treatment; although primary care providers don't usually define themselves as crisis workers, a high percentage of people on the verge of crisis states are first seen by physicians and nurses.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Review
"It is so clearly written that even the general reader may gain a greater understanding for use in personal crisis management." (Choice, 5/02)

"...ideal reference...excellent text..." (Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 6, 2002)


Review
"It is so clearly written that even the general reader may gain a greater understanding for use in personal crisis management." (Choice, May 2002)

"...ideal reference...excellent text..." (Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 6, 2002)


Review
"This is the definitive book on crisis intervention for health care professionals. Its holistic approach encompasses both theoretical and policy perspectives highlighted with individual cases to accentuate clinical application." —Joyce Pulcini, associate professor, Maternal Child Health Department, School of Nursing, Boston College

"This latest edition of Lee Ann Hoff's text provides a broad and thought provoking framework from which practitioners can reflect upon their work and develop interdisciplinary services that are creative and flexible in meeting the needs of survivors. People in Crisis makes an essential contribution to this field." —Philippa Sully, course leader, Society, Violence, and Practice, City University, London, UK

"In People in Crisis every crisis worker-regardless of discipline-will find a treasury of practical guidelines that are comprehensive, well organized, illustrated by appropriate examples, and thoroughly referenced. Lee Ann Hoff covers the spectrum of crisis experience-individual, couples, group, and community, never losing sight of the uniqueness of each clinical situation and its cultural context." —Jerome A. Motto, professor of psychiatry, emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

"This book has it all. Grounded in theory and framed within a broad cultural context aimed at contemporary interdisciplinary practice, People in Crisis offers invaluable guidelines for assessment and response. Should you find yourself faced with persons in crisis, you can wrap this wondrously woven tapestry around you for comfort during the caring process." —Lisa Love, APRN, CS, Spring Harbor Counseling, Portland, Maine

"Drawing from public health, social, cultural, and political perspectives and 'thinking upstream,' Lee Ann Hoff considers the roots of crisis and identifies key issues facing frontline workers. Case studies and sample interviews make the material come alive and be meaningful. She makes a strong case for the role of primary care workers in identifying and responding to distressed people in hospitals, clinics, and schools where they first seek help." —Eleanor Harder, program manager, Community Mental Health Clinic, Guelph, Ontario, Canada


Book Description
Written by a pioneer in the field of community mental health, this updated edition of a classic resource helps prepare health care professionals and volunteers to work with the most vulnerable members of society--victims of crime, the homeless, battered wives, victims of environmental threat, and immigrants.


Book Info
(Jossey-Bass) Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell. Three sections cover basic concepts and strategies necessary to understand, identify, and provide skilled assistance to people in crisis, violence as an origin of crisis and as a response to crisis, and discusses situational and transitional crisis states. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.


From the Inside Flap
"This is the definitive book on crisis intervention for health care professionals. Its holistic approach encompasses both theoretical and policy perspectives highlighted with individual cases to accentuate clinical application."
—Joyce Pulcini, associate professor, Maternal Child Health Department, School of Nursing, Boston College

"This latest edition of Lee Ann Hoff's text provides a broad and thought provoking framework from which practitioners can reflect upon their work and develop interdisciplinary services that are creative and flexible in meeting the needs of survivors. People in Crisis makes an essential contribution to this field."
—Philippa Sully, course leader, Society, Violence, and Practice, City University, London, UK

"In People in Crisis every crisis worker-regardless of discipline-will find a treasury of practical guidelines that are comprehensive, well organized, illustrated by appropriate examples, and thoroughly referenced. Lee Ann Hoff covers the spectrum of crisis experience-individual, couples, group, and community, never losing sight of the uniqueness of each clinical situation and its cultural context."
—Jerome A. Motto, professor of psychiatry, emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

"This book has it all. Grounded in theory and framed within a broad cultural context aimed at contemporary interdisciplinary practice, People in Crisis offers invaluable guidelines for assessment and response. Should you find yourself faced with persons in crisis, you can wrap this wondrously woven tapestry around you for comfort during the caring process."
—Lisa Love, APRN, CS, Spring Harbor Counseling, Portland, Maine

"Drawing from public health, social, cultural, and political perspectives and 'thinking upstream,' Lee Ann Hoff considers the roots of crisis and identifies key issues facing frontline workers. Case studies and sample interviews make the material come alive and be meaningful. She makes a strong case for the role of primary care workers in identifying and responding to distressed people in hospitals, clinics, and schools where they first seek help."
—Eleanor Harder, program manager, Community Mental Health Clinic, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Author

Lee Ann Hoff is the founding director of the Life Crisis Institute, an international not-for-profit organization based in Boston and Ottawa and is professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, College of Health Professions and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences. Contact Lee Ann Hoff at www.crisisprograms.com


About the Author
LEE ANN HOFF Lee Ann Hoff is the founding director of the Life Crisis Institute, an international not-for-profit organization based in Boston and Ottawa and is professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, College of Health Professions and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences. Contact Lee Ann Hoff at www.crisisprograms.com

ANNOTATION

"...essential reading for all front-line crisis workers... contains new material on primary health care, chronic health problems, victimology, policy, violence & aggression, crime, battering, homelessness, and immigrants." Appropriate for: Social Workers, Mental Health Professionals.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A Valuable Resource for Crisis Intervention

'With societal problems increasing, this book is critical for its usefulness to a wide variety of clinical concerns.... A must for all practitioners in primary care settings.'--Ann W. Burgess, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Now in its fourth edition, this is a comprehensive guide to the current theory and practice of successful strategies for working with people in crisis. This timely book takes a holistic approach, providing information for understanding, assessing, and intervening. It focuses on the victim/survivor and the assailant, and details how to administer prevention, crisis intervention, and follow-up care.

FROM THE CRITICS

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Diana H. Marta, BSN, RN (Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center)Description: This is a manual for understanding, implementing, and accessing methods of crisis intervention. It goes beyond theory to show the cross-cultural and social context and the importance of acknowledging and integrating all disciplines if crisis intervention is to be effective. Purpose: It provides a broader understanding of crisis intervention, shows how many crises fit into the normal range of human experience, and looks at how all disciplines can work together to help prevent crises from causing more long-term effects. With crisis being almost ever-present in our society today, any attempt to make this subject better understood and better treated is a worthy objective. This book accomplishes that goal. Audience: The manual is intended for all disciplines of the helping professions (both lay and professional) who come in contact with people in crisis. It uses a holistic approach that is useful to nurses, doctors, educators, social workers, therapists, and human resource providers. It is so clearly written that even the general reader may gain a greater understanding for use in personal crisis management. The author has practiced as a psychiatric nurse, educator, writer and researcher and was instrumental in the founding of the 24-hour crisis center concept. Features: The book is divided into three sections covering theory and assessment, violence as both an origin and result of crisis, and an overview of situational crises that occur over the lifespan. It is so well organized that it is easy to access a particular topic, yet hard to put down once that topic is read. The examples are cross-cultural and include special attention to the pandemic of AIDS and the roadblocks that managed care and the profit motive place in making care readily accessible to all. Assessment: This fifth edition is justified by recent world events and the evolution of managed care. The preface includes a section specifying exactly what is new in this edition. I liked the inclusion of the author's anthropological/social perspective in addition to a clinical one. It helps to put crisis intervention into a more grounded framework and sets it far above the many "pop culture" crisis manuals available today. Its emphasis on getting frontline practitioners (including primary care physicians) to access mental health services before, during and after a crisis occurs and its support for a total interdisciplinary effort are especially significant. The book is well referenced, has excellent case studies, and can enhance anyone's understanding of crisis intervention, whether from a professional or personal perspective.

Booknews

A resource for health-care professionals and volunteers that draws from public health, social, cultural, and political perspectives. Includes information on working with victims of crime, the homeless, battered women, victims of environmental threat, and immigrants, with new information on the effects of violence on young people, the physical needs of people with HIV and AIDS, and other topics. The latest edition puts a stronger emphasis on the importance of primary health care in prevention and early treatment; although primary care providers don't usually define themselves as crisis workers, a high percentage of people on the verge of crisis states are first seen by physicians and nurses. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

RATING

4 Stars! from Doody

ACCREDITATION