A client at the crisis intervention clinic tells the nurse of the following problems: Her husband left her 1 year ago
Her son was jailed on drug charges 6 months ago. She was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 3 months ago. She was evicted yesterday and has no place to live. The problem that is appropriate for crisis intervention therapy is:
1. The marital problem
2. Her son's legal problem
3. The medical diagnosis of COPD
4. The homelessness issue
ANS: 4
The most recent problem is the focus of crisis intervention. The client had maintained equilibrium until "the straw that broke the camel's back" was added. Thus that is the problem to address during crisis intervention. Options 1, 2, and 3 are older problems with which the client had coped.
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