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crisis intervention ThesaurusNoun | 1. | crisis intervention - psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisispsychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means | EncyclopediaSeeinterventioncrisis intervention
intervention [in″ter-ven´shun] interposition or interference in the affairs of another to accomplish a goal or end; see also implementation.crisis intervention 1. counseling or psychotherapy for patients in a life crisis that is directed at supporting the patient through the crisis and helping the patient cope with the stressful event that precipitated it.2. in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as use of short-term counseling to help the patient cope with a crisis and resume a state of functioning comparable to or better than the pre-crisis state.nursing intervention an action for which nurses are responsible that is intended to benefit a patient or client.percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) the management of coronary artery occlusion by any of various catheter-based techniques, such as angioplasty" >percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, atherectomy, angioplasty using the excimer laser, and implantation of coronary stents and related devices.intervention (omaha) in the omaha system, an action or activity undertaken to address a specific client problem and to improve, maintain, or restore health or to prevent illness. See also intervention scheme.cri·sis in·ter·ven·tiona psychotherapeutic technique directed at counseling at the time of an acute life crisis and limited in aim to helping resolve the crisis.crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. cri·sis in·ter·ven·tion (krīsis intĕr-venshŭn) A psychotherapeutic technique directed at counseling at the time of an acute life crisis and limited in aim to helping resolve the crisis. LegalSeeInterventionAcronymsSeecall-incrisis intervention
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