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    This intervention is a family-based crisis intervention in the emergency department it is a new model of care. Adolescent suicide is on the rise and treatment resources are scarce. Adolescents with suicidal behavior often are evaluated in the emergency department (ED)‚ where the default treatment recommendation traditionally has been admission to an inpatient psychiatric unit (Ginnis‚ 2015). Emergency medicine increasingly provides intervention in the ED with the goal of stabilization and discharge

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    | | |Coventry University | | | | | |Delawar Khan | |Essay Title: The Need for Humanitarian Intervention in Sudan-Darfur crisis | |Key issues in Peace and Reconciliation Studies (Course Module :Mo3 ISS | |Date of

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    Homicidal or Violent There are clients who reach out to the crisis line due to having thoughts of wanting to hurt others. At times‚ family members may reach out to the crisis line after getting into a fight with the client or if they see the client engaging in pre-violent behaviors. The clients may have low tolerance and high agitation levels or have mood disorders. Mental Health Some clients dial into the crisis line due to mental health crises like a psychotic episode or severe depression

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    for the Homeless 2201 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20037-1033 http://www.nationalhomeless.org Tel. 202-462-4822 Fax. 202-462-4823 Email. info@nationalhomeless.org Homelessness Among Elderly Persons Published by the National Coalition for the Homeless‚ September 2009. When thinking about homelessness‚ the elderly people issue doesn’t immediately come to our mind. Homeless elders‚ although increasing in numbers‚ continue to be a forgotten population. The poverty rate in 2008 (13.2 percent) was the

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    In this paper‚ I will briefly describe homicide as the selected crime to discuss. Then‚ using Robert’s Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model‚ I will develop a coordinated community response (CCR) for the children‚ whose mother has been killed by her partner; also‚ their father. Also‚ I will explain how the CCR that I developed can help tackle the needs of the victim’s children and the community affected by her killing. As a real life model‚ I choose to continue with the same crime that I choose for

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    Hostage Negotiations‚ Crisis Intervention‚ and Suicide by Cop Law enforcement officers work in a profession where seeing people at their worst s in the job description. Officers are not forced into firefights everyday of their lives like the mass media or television likes to portray; however‚ sometimes officers are put into difficult situations where their split second decisions can cost them their own life‚ the life of the suspect‚ or the life of an innocent bystander. Thankfully‚ officers are

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    NAME ONKARABETSE BUFF STUDENT NO: 200906319 DATE DUE: 30/01/2012 TITLE ASSIGN: SOUL SURFER Question 1 “Born in Hawaai‚ with die hard surfers. How can salt water not be in veins. They say home is where the heart is‚ and for most people it consists of four walls and a welcome mat. Me? It’s the ocean‚ with the warmth of the sun on my skin‚ from the moment I caught the first wave ‚ I knew I wanted to be a pro-surfer‚ nothing really mattered. Surfing is my passion‚ my way of life. The

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    Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Add to my favorites Print Jan 17‚ 2011 | By Walt Pickut Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Photo Credit Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images You might be called elderly if you are older than 60‚ by some definitions‚ and your physical abilities might start limiting your freedom to go where you want to go when you want to go there. For instance‚ according to a 2011 report by statisticians at Caregivers Library‚ there

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    Prior to completing the intake session I reviewed "A Brief Introduction to Crisis Intervention found in last week’s agenda. This gave me a more suitable concept on the most appropriate approach and how to go about applying the LAPC Model. The LAPC Model calls for listening‚ assessing‚ planning and committing which I confidently applied

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    well as financial exploitation‚ neglect‚ self-neglect and .abandonment. The victim is most often in a current relationship with the abuser whether they be an intimate partner‚ family member or caregiver. I was uncertain exactly what happens to the elderly victim after it is discovered that there is a form of abuse taking place;

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