Crisis (disambiguation)

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A crisis is a traumatic or stressful change for a person, or an unstable and dangerous situation for a society.

Crisis may also refer to:

Comics

• Crisis (Fleetway), a British comic
• Crisis (DC Comics), a number of stories in the DC Universe, including:
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths, a crossover event spanning the DC comics multiverse
  • Infinite Crisis, series that is the sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths
  • Final Crisis, series that is the follow-up to Infinite Crisis

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

Religion

• Crisis Magazine, a publication of Sophia Institute Press

Television

• Crisis (TV series), 2014 television series produced for NBC.
• "Crisis", third episode of the 1964 Doctor Who serial Planet of Giants. May also refer to the original recorded version that never aired.
• The alternate title for Kraft Suspense Theatre in syndicated reruns
• "Crisis" (M*A*S*H), a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H
• The Crisis (TV series), 1949 television series on NBC.

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

Literature

• Crisis (novel), a 2006 novel by Robin Cook
• The Crisis, official magazine of the NAACP
• The Crisis (newspaper), a newspaper published during the first half of the American Civil War by Samuel Medary

Music

• Crisis (band), a defunct punk rock group

Psychology

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

Other

• Crisis (charity) (formerly Crisis at Christmas), a British charity
• Crisis (dynamical systems), the sudden appearance or disappearance of a strange attractor as the parameters of a dynamical system are varied

See also

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