A woman says, "I can't take it anymore! Last year my husband had an affair and now we don't communicate. Three months ago, I found a lump in my breast. Yesterday my daughter said she's quitting college and moving in with her boyfriend."
Which issue should be the focus for crisis intervention?
a. Possible mastectomy
b. Disordered family communication
c. Effects of the husband's infidelity
d. Coping with the reaction to the daughter's events
ANS: D
The focus of crisis intervention is on the most recent problem—"the straw that broke the camel's back." The patient has coped with the breast lesion, the husband's infidelity, and the disordered communication. Disequilibrium occurs only with the introduction of the daughter leaving college and moving.
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