Designed to help in day-to-day, on-the-scene crisis intervention, ELEMENTS OF CRISIS INTERVENTION: CRISES AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THEM, International Edition offers a nuts-and-bolts presentation of the information, strategies, and guidelines needed to be an effective crisis worker. A concise handbook for helping professionals who work on the front lines of crisis intervention, it is an ideal reference for crisis interveners, first responders, counselors, nurses, disaster responders, EMTs, law enforcement, human service workers, psychologists, social workers, teachers, agency directors, military, and any other professionals who encounter crisis situations.