Crisis Intervention Final Project

Crisis workers take on many different roles on a daily basis. Crisis workers also come in many different career fields; they are law enforcement officers, therapists, doctors, hospital staff, and many other careers. The responsibility of each individual is broken down into several additional roles. Similar to law enforcement, a crisis worker’s job is always to protect and serve the public. It is clear that Cassandra has been though a lot in her life; her recent break down is of major concern as to what is really going on mentally and physically. Human crises are never quick and simple, they are and can be extremely difficult and time consuming. The Six Step Model of Assessment helps crisis workers weed through the situation. In Cassandra’s case the model first tells us we have to define the problem. With the information currently given from law enforcement and Cassandra, there are several problems present:
1. Apparent violent altercation with boyfriend (noticeable bruising)
2. Law enforcement suspects she may have murdered her boyfriend.
3. Witnessed father and grandfather physically and sexually abuse mother
4. Family substance abuse problems: dad abuses alcohol, brother abuses heroin
5. 3 past suicide attempts (most recent 3 months ago)
6. Mental state questionable
a. Thinks boyfriend still alive and wants to see him
b. Brought in talking to self
c. Unable to answer direct questions
d. Smiles when discussing negative information
7. Homicidal ideation
a. “Feel like killing someone, to see how it feels to take someone’s life.”
b. “Don’t know who, but I want it to be a family member for all the stuff they put me through.”
8. Frequent nightmares (suspect fear of father)
9. Verbally abusive towards law enforcement

While the main issue is a violent altercation with her boyfriend that may have resulted in his death is the current problem, all these other noted problems need to be taken into account. The second step in the model tells

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