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Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 1:17-28 (2001)
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Crisis Assessment Tools: The Good, the Bad, and the Available

   Sarah Lewis, PhD
   Albert R. Roberts, PhD

The Columbia University School of Social Work (Lewis), Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (Roberts)

Contact author: Albert R. Roberts, 7 Hamilton Court, Kendall Park, NJ 08824. E-mail: arroberts{at}worldnet.att.net.

Behavioral clinicians, mental health counselors, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers are frequently called upon to make a rapid and accurate assessment of the magnitude of a client's crisis state. Until recently, there has been a dearth of empirically based crisis assessment instruments with strong psychometrics. This article documents the need and explicates the rationale for the development of the Lewis and Roberts Multidimensional Crisis Assessment Scale (Lewis-Roberts MCAS). In addition, we identify and discuss the distinct differences between stressful life events, traumatic events, coping skills and other mediators of a crisis, and an active crisis episode. Finally, we examine the advantages and limitations of several crisis specific measurement tools used in a structured interview format.

KEY WORDS: crisis assessment, crisis theory, crisis intervention, rapid assessment instruments, measurement concepts, suicide assessment




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