The most comprehensive guide to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with clients in crisis is now in a significantly revised fourth edition with 75% new material. Over 15 years of clinical and research advances are reflected in fully updated chapters on evidence-based brief strategies for helping people cope in highly stressful situations. From leading experts, the book addresses suicide prevention, crises related to mental and physical health problems, child and family crises, and exposure to disasters and mass or community violence. Vivid case material illustrates what the interventions look like in action and how to tailor them to individual clients' needs.
 
New to This Edition
*Chapter on clinician self-care.
*Chapters on managing the involuntary hospitalization process, working with psychosis in inpatient settings, intervening with clients at risk for mass violence, and more.
*Chapters retained from the prior edition are all updated or rewritten to incorporate current data, clinical strategies, and assessment tools.
*All of the case examples are new.
 

Foreword, Robert L. Leahy
I. Introduction
1. Crisis Intervention: An Overview, Frank M. Dattilio, Daniel I. Shapiro, & D. Scott Greenaway
2. Ethical and Legal Issues in Crisis Intervention, Jeffery E. Barnett
II. Psychological Crises
3. Effectively Managing Suicidal Crises, David A. Jobes, Ethan W. Graure, & John Paul Ryan
4. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety-Related Crises, D. Scott Greenaway
5. Working with Psychosis in Inpatient Settings, Katherine Eisen, Sripriya Chari, & Kate Hardy
6. Suicide Prevention with Borderline Personality Disorder, Daniella C. Cavenagh & Dara G. Friedman-Wheeler
III. Medically Related Crises
7. Dementia-Related Crises, Susmita Halder, Akash Kumar Mahato, & D. Scott Greenaway
8. Crises in Substance Misuse and Dependence, Sharon M. Freeman Clevenger, James W. Sturges, & Misti Storie
9. Crises Related to Acute and Chronic Pain, Hillary L. Ditmars, Jenna Sandler Eilenberg, & John D. Otis
10. Crises in Integrated Health Settings and Life-Threatening Illnesses, Joseph R. Pellizzari, Tyler G. Tulloch, & Randi E. McCabe
IV. Child and Family Crises
11. Child Sexual and Physical Abuse, Justin R. Misurell, Jaclyn M. Zocca, & Lindsay Anderson
12. Couples in Crisis, Norman B. Epstein, Stephen E. Schlesinger, & HaeDong Kim
13. Families in Crisis, Frank M. Dattilio & Allison Schoenly
14. Child and Adolescent Disorders, Stephen Timchack
15. Crises with Older Adults, Allison Schoenly & Robert J. Berchick
V. Environmental and Situational Crises
16. Disaster Trauma, Lata K. McGinn, Lauren Bonavitacola, & William Buerger
17. The Involuntary Hospitalization Process, Daniel I. Shapiro & Stephania L. Hayes
18. Terrorism, Patricia J. Watson, Daphna Canetti, & Stevan E. Hobfoll
19. Major Threats of Violence: Evaluation and Management, John S. Rozel, Patrick McCormick, & Jaqulyn Stilson
20. Intervention for Police Following Deadly Force Encounters, Laurence Miller
VI. Concluding Topics
21. The Self-Care of Mental Health Crisis Professionals, Frank M. Dattilio
22. Afterword, Frank M. Dattilio, Daniel I. Shapiro, & D. Scott Greenaway
Index