TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessment and Intervention in Crisis: an Application of the Six-Step
Model and Triage Assessment System
AU - Jais, Samsiah Mohd 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2016.1.7
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2016.1.7
KW  - Six-stage crisis intervention model
KW  -triage assessment system
KW  -suicide/lethality risk assessment
KW  -religious
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - All people are vulnerable to experiencing a crisis state but some people more readily go into a crisis
state than others. A crisis state occurs when the traumatic event is perceived as overwhelming by the
individual. The individual in crisis state is characterized as being in the state of disequilibrium (cognitive and
emotional instability) and immobility (behaviour instability). Thus, crisis state is an acute and unstable state
because it may lead to long-term and severe psychological dysfunction or abnormal psychological growth. In
this regard, rapid and adequate assessment of a client paper presents a narrative about how we can apply the
six-stage crisis intervention model and the triage assessment system together with other aspects of assessment
(such as the use of suicide/lethality risk assessment) in responding to the client in crisis. Constant and rapid
assessment of the client’s state of equilibrium will dictate what we will do in the next few minutes as the crisis
unfolds. The six-stage crisis intervention model and the Triage Assessment System (TAS) are among crisis
intervention models that provide fast and efficient methods for obtaining a real-time estimate of what is
occurring to the client. This study will discuss a narrative about how we can apply the six-step crisis
intervention model and the triage assessment system together with other aspects of assessment (such as the
use of suicide/ lethality risk assessment). Apart from that, this paper outlines some of the resources from our
local community upon which we can draw assistance in getting the client through his or her crisis as well as
assist him or her with long-term counselling. These resources are from community groups, government services,
telephone help or support lines, religious groups and counselling services.
ER  -