A large portion of medical work involves dealing with people in crisis. This section will examine the role of crisis intervention (CI) in your practice, the symptoms and stages of crisis, and what people in crisis need.Questions for study:
Physician Stress
- What are the stress/burnout risks for physicians?
- What is it that makes a situation a crisis? Why do some people react with disorganization whiles others do not?
- What are the characteristics of people in crisis? How do they behave, what would you notice?
- Through what stages does a survivor (preferred over the term "victim") progress?
- Are there any positive outcomes from crises?
- What facilitative behaviors can interveners use to facilitate calming and resolution?
- What are important considerations for crisis intervention in your practice?
- Physician stress & burnout-- online tutorial from Texas Medical Association
- Ideas for extinguishing stress-- Family Practice Management
- Putting life back into your professional life
- Ten steps to staying sane
- Physician time pressure--
Readings on CI
- Overview of CI-- concise summary of key ideas
- Emotional First Aid-- suggestions for initial response
- Understanding the nature of crisis-- Steps, stages & facilitative behaviors
- David Baldwin's Trauma Pages-- extensive overview of the field
- Signs & symptoms of people in crisis--
- Coping with disaster-- online book