Health Counseling Services

Cost: $95.00 USD

Psychiatric Crisis in Community Settings

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Suicide, violence, panic, psychotic symptoms, and excessive substance abuse are all identified as crisis situations. When crisis situations occur in homes or worksites that have limited staff and other vulnerable people present, they can rapidly escalate into psychiatric emergencies.

Training in crisis theory and specific intervention methods gives you the necessary information to help defuse these potentially disastrous situations.

You will practice suicide assessments and build de-escalation skills for handling anger, agitation, anxiety, and rage. Effective techniques for managing your own intense emotions during crisis helps to ensure focused decision making and clear communication.

The community offers invaluable assistance in crisis management. You will learn what resources are available and how to initiate this help.

To gain perspective, we will discuss psychiatric emergencies with good outcomes and those that end in tragedy.

To support your staff and protect the people you serve, the time for training is before a crisis occurs.

This important workshop is for nurses, social workers, chemical dependency counselors, job coaches, and group home and mental health residential staff.

Course Information: Course materials, refreshments and lunch are included in the course fee Pre-registration is required Register early! Class size is limited Payment must accompany registration form Video/audio taping of courses is prohibited	Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be made no later than 5 business days prior to the course The full course fee will be charged if cancellation is made in less than 5 business days Registration is transferable to another person
About the instructors *Karen Finck, RN, MS, CS,* from Health Counseling Services Stephanie Bruyer, MA, LP, from Metro Crisis Donna Kuller, RN, from Metro Crisis Martin Marty, MSW, LICSW, from COPE: Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies Vicki Dean Gramlich, RN, CNS, from Hennepin County Medical Center Joan Johnson, RN, BS, MA, former Head Nurse at Hennepin County Detox Center
Continuing Education This course is designed to provide 6.5 contact hours to nurses, 5.4 continuing education hours to social workers, and 5.75 education hours to direct care staff Please contact HCS if you would like to have this course presented at your own facility.