Crisis intervention

Crisis intervention meant completely generally a short term influencing control from the outside on an acutely threatening situation. A goal thereby is, one to a potential disaster.

The term becomes on the one hand in that and/or. as well as advisory activities use. There he (contrary to a therapy put on on a long-term basis) means the ambulatory or clinical support and consultation of humans, who are psychologically endangered by sudden substantial changes of their living conditions (for example the death of a close member). They are to be enabled by the professional assistance to master the life crisis. This means for example in or like that Red crossthat particularly trained aids with more psychological acutely occurs (thus after accidents or larger disaster control operations), which concerning locally and make care offers can drive (see also: Crisis intervention in the emergency service KIT).

On the other hand the term finds also in the military-strategic connection use. Thus becomes of Crisis intervention troops spoken for military units, which are by equipment and crew conditions in addition able, at short notice on regional or international . In that (in reaction to the little convincing commitment of the European national states during the accomplishment of the crises in the former (in reaction to a new threat scenario and new global tasks of peacekeaping measures after omission of the threat by that Warsaw Pact) 20 becomes since end. Century strengthens for possibilities searched, accordingly flexible, to develop supranational military federations. In November 2004 the mechanism of 13 of such flexible, small combat teams became in the framework that decided, which should be at short notice within 10 to 15 days available, first the these 2005 are to be operational.