Crisis intervention, as it has evolved over the last five decades, has clearly demonstrated its effectiveness as a tool to reduce human distress. Nevertheless, as with any effort to alter human behavior, there are risks associated with crisis intervention. One such risk is that of premature intervention. Premature intervention may not only waste valuable intervention resources, but may serve to...

Background Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is one of the autosomal recessive disorder caused by an enzyme deficiency or defect in one of five enzymatic steps which are required for the biosynthesis of adrenal steroid. CAH could be a medical and social crisis, and especially in South Sumatera, Indonesia it is also associated with cultural problems. Natural history of CAH without treatment c...

In this paper, we will analyze the relationship between the neo-liberal concept of property rights and redistribution policy. This issue is back in the focus of interest due to the crisis 2008. The crisis has reaffirmed the influence of the state on the free-market processes. The interference of the state with property relations reopened a classical question: is it legitimate to redistribute re...

Abstract For millennia, the Western mindset has been predisposed to inherited custom split mind and matter, emotion cognition, art science, spiritual intellectual, inner outer, contemplation objective inquiry. Our contemporary sense of dislocation from nature arisen this objectivistic perception. The current societal, economic environmental crises urge us break down pervasive conceptual boundar...

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and employment growth at the plantlevel. We investigate in detail the comparative response of multinationals and domestic firms to an economic crisis, using the empirical setting of a well defined case of economic slowdown in Chile as a natural experiment. In our empirical analysis we find that employment growth in manufacturing pla...

Protection of society against natural and man-made disasters is high on the societal and political agenda. Effective crisis management is more important than ever. Nowadays, crisis organisations depend crucially on reliable telecom services, and unexpected failure of telecommunication may have serious consequences. In order not to be caught unprepared, crisis organisations should therefore perf...

Two distinct fields, crisis intervention (which targets civilian populations) and disaster mental health services (which targets first responders), have emerged in response to natural and man-made disasters. As a consequence of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, questions have been raised whether the occupational ecology of first responders has significantly changed. Two new concepts, the ‘‘high-risk ...

Natural disasters, such as floods, provide teachable moments for students to learn about crisis management. The authors argue that evidence-based management offers a pedagogical tool for leveraging these teachable moments to deepen student learning about the management challenges of crisis situations. An emerging area in management education, evidence-based management involves using best availa...