Assessment in Crisis Intervention:​

question 20

Multiple Choice

Assessment in crisis intervention:​

• A)is best done under controlled conditions using Triage Assessment and other paper and pencil tests that adequately depict intellectual and personality functioning.
• B)​is generally continuous throughout the intervention.
• C)​generally attempts to adhere to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV guidelines.
• D)stops the moment the client regains equilibrium.

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that posits individuals seek immediate gratification to avoid pain and increase pleasure, driving much of human behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Primary Process

A term from psychoanalytic theory that describes the irrational and instinctual thought processes of the unconscious mind.

Condensation

In psychoanalytic theory, the method of primary process thinking in which several ideas are compressed into one.