A 42-year-old woman seeks crisis intervention. She tells the nurse "I cannot take it anymore! It has
to stop. Last year my husband had an affair, and we do not communicate anymore.
Three months
ago I found a lump in my breast that the doctor is watching closely, and yesterday my 20-year-old
daughter told me she is quitting college and moving to another state with her boyfriend.". The type of
crisis the client is experiencing is
a. maturational.
b. situational.
c. adventitious.
d. recurring.
B
A situational crisis arises from an external source and involves a loss of self-concept or self-esteem.
Option C: An adventitious crisis is a crisis of disaster, such as a natural disaster or crime of violence.
Option A: Maturational crisis occurs as an individual arrives at a new stage of development, when
old coping styles may be ineffective. Option D: No classification of recurring crisis exists.
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