Crisis De-Escalation

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Across
  1. 2. Non-verbal communication
  2. 4. Touch
  3. 7. Suicide by cop (SBC) is when an individual is actively suicidal and engages in life threatening or criminal behavior directed at police to elicit use of lethal force
  4. 8. Unwillingness to go to jail, person may be on parole or probation
  5. 10. Suicide attempt that appears ambivalent but was not a tactic to elicit police response
  6. 11. Tone, volume, cadence of speech
  7. 12. Person is out of control and exhibits severe behaviors
  8. 14. A person is in crisis or exhibits behaviors consistent with a crisis that warrants a response or intervention.
  9. 17. in behaviors due to an underlying medical condition. Severe pain can also cause a person to escalate to a crisis state.
  10. 18. Severity of peak behaviors subside
  11. 19. Extremes in behaviors due to mental illness or substance abuse
Down
  1. 1. Person focuses on the conflict
  2. 3. A person in crisis may exhibit signs of distress and may require medical attention at some point during contact. Staging medical during a crisis is appropriate so there is not a delay in treatment
  3. 5. Person experiences a conflict and starts to escalate
  4. 6. Any situation in which a person’s perceived ability to cope is exceeded
  5. 8. Person is cooperative
  6. 9. Individual plans attacks ahead of time
  7. 11. Personal space
  8. 13. Person is unfocused and upset
  9. 15. Willingness to engage and participate in activities
  10. 16. A set of techniques and interventions that can help a person in crisis regain control over emotional reactions as well as reduce violent or disruptive behavior