GOALS AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CRISES INTERVENTION

Patients confronting medical crises are likely to benefit from treatme nt using a short-term medical crisis intervention model. This article describes how to generate focused goals that direct an efficient, help ful treatment from the perspective of the medical crisis counseling mo del. Illustrative case material is used to summarize strategies for se tting goals and time parameters in a time-limited, outpatient format f or patients confronting chronic illness.