Balancing factors that help clients after a crisis would not include:
1. Degree of threat to life.
2. Realistic perception of the event.
3. Decreased or limited communication.
4. Adequate coping mechanisms.
3
Rationale: Communication is encouraged during crisis interventions and decreased or limited communication would not help the client resolve the crisis. The other choices are balancing factors.
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