Crisis (disambiguation)

A crisis (from the Greek κρίσις) is a traumatic or stressful change for a person, or an unstable and dangerous situation for a society.

Crisis may refer to:

Comics:

• Crisis (comic), a British comic
• Crisis (DC Comics)
• Crisis on Infinite Earths, a crossover event spanning the DC comics multiverse

Economics:

• Crisis theory, a theory generally associated with Marxian economics
• Financial crisis, a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value

Film:

• Crisis (1939 film), a documentary about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis
• Crisis (1946 film), a film directed by Ingmar Bergman
• Crisis (1950 film), a film directed by Richard Brooks
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, a 1963 documentary directed by Robert Drew
• Jalal Merhi, starring David Bradley

Literature:

• The Crisis, the journal of the NAACP
• Crisis (novel), a novel by Robin Cook

Magazines:

• Crisis (band), a defunct punk rock group

Albums:

• Crisis (Alexisonfire album), a 2006 album by Alexisonfire
• Crisis (Ornette Coleman album), an 1969 album by Ornette Coleman
• Crisis (The Deadweights album), an 1985 album by Deadweights
• Crisis? What Crisis?, an album by Supertramp

Songs:

• "Crisis", a 1978 song by Bob Marley and the Wailers from the album Kaya
• "Crisis", a 1978 song by Israel Vibration from the album The Same Song
• "Crisis", a 1991 song by Fear Factory from Soul of a New Machine

Psychology:

• Existential crisis, when a person doubts if his or her existence has a purpose
• Identity crisis (psychology)
• Mid-life crisis, several issues that confront some people from 40-55
  • Quarter-life crisis, a recently coined similar term for 20-30 year olds
• Suicidal crisis

Television:

• "Crisis", third episode of the 1964 Doctor Who serial Planet of Giants
• The alternate title for Kraft Suspense Theatre in syndicated reruns

Other:

• Crisis (charity) (formerly Crisis at Christmas), a British charity

See also

• The electron beam generator CRYSIS
• The video game Crysis
• Chinese translation of crisis, popular misconception that "crisis" is translated "danger"+"opportunity"
• critical, adjective of crisis
• emergency
• climax (disambiguation)

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