19 Mar Comparing Interventions Used for Crises

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Psychiatric crises interventions vs. Medical crises interventions

Interventions used in both psychiatric crises and other medical crises boast both similarities and differences. Similarities of interventions are several with the main similarity of all crisis’s interventions being to assist the patient to pre-crisis standard of operating. Both psychiatric and medical crisis will assess the negative physiological responses and immediately treat these factors. Also, psychiatric, and medical crisis will both address social impact on the patient and be sure that basic human needs will and are being met for the patient.

The interventions for psychiatric care will differ from other crisis in the following ways. Crisis intervention is an active however only temporary entrance into the life crisis of an individual, a family, or a group during a period of stress. In psychiatric crisis the PMH-APRN helps the person establish an intellectual understanding of the crisis by noting the relationship between the precipitating factor and the crisis (Hoult 1986). The PMH-APRN further assists the patient with exploring coping activities, recalling coping devices used in the past, or developing new coping mechanisms (Johnson et al, 2005). Thus, psychiatric intervention will focus extensively on the mental health of the person while the medical intervention will not focus on the mental health but will address the basic mental health needs of the person.