Notes on Psychological Crisis Intervention —— Types of Crisis

Traditionally, it is divided into development crisis and situation crisis.

Development crisis refers to an internally formed situation, which may be caused by physiological or psychological changes, individual development, biological changes, role changes and other factors. Such as pregnancy, childbirth, birth, infancy and infancy, adolescence, gender identity crisis, middle-aged crisis, retirement aging, death and so on.

Situational crisis refers to the situation existing in the external living environment. It mainly includes: first, the basic needs of a certain aspect of human beings cannot be met; Second, threats or threats that may encounter the above losses; Third, challenges beyond personal ability, such as rape, suicide, acute and chronic diseases, divorce, abuse, unemployment at work, job transfer and so on.

The key to distinguishing situational crisis from other crises is that it is random, sudden, shocking, emotional and violent.

Duan Xinxing (a famous psychologist and national counselor trainer) believes that psychological crisis can be divided into development crisis, situation crisis, existence crisis and obstacle crisis.

Survival crisis is accompanied by life's purpose, responsibility, freedom, commitment, independence and other important issues.

Obstacle crisis, also called pathological psychological crisis, is a psychological crisis caused by the existence of cognition. In this crisis, pathological psychology (such as depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders or mental illness within individuals) is the main feature of individuals, including the crisis caused by behavioral disorders such as conduct disorder or illegal crime.