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Managing traumatic stress risk : a proactive approach /

This book provides the hazard assessment and risk analysis information which, combined with information on resilience, facilitates the systematic analysis of traumatic stress risk and the proactive and methodical development of mitigation and risk reduction strategies. The contents will provide emer...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Paton, Douglas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, [2004]
Subjects:
Job stress.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Prevention.
Stress management.
Employee health promotion.
Hazardous occupations > Psychological aspects.
Emergency management > Psychological aspects.
Disasters > Psychological aspects.
Work > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chap. 1. Traumatic stress : perspectives on managing risk / Douglas Paton, John M. Violanti, Christine Dunning, and Leigh M. Smith
  • Chap. 2. Mental health considerations following a disaster / Eugene Schmuckler
  • Chap. 3. Reducing protective service worker trauma through preemployment screening / Christine Dunning
  • Chap. 4. Measuring protective behaviors for perceived risks of hazards / Leigh M. Smith
  • Chap. 5. Police trauma : past exposures and present consequences / Stephanie Samuels
  • Chap. 6. Trauma type and frequency : risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in policing / Anne Gehrke and John M. Violanti
  • Chap. 7. Risk factors in emergency responders / Douglas Paton and Greg Hannan
  • Chap. 8. Increasing resiliency through shared sensemaking : building hardiness in groups / Paul T. Bartone
  • Chap. 9. Disaster response : risk factors in an international context / Douglas Paton, A. J. W. Taylor, and Colleen McFarlane
  • Chap. 10. Working with trauma : the impact on the therapist / Jacquie Bicknell
  • Chap. 11. The psychological impact of work organization / Peter Sevastos
  • Chap. 12. Identifying and managing traumatic risk factors emanating from the family-work interface / Jane Shakespear-Finch and Kathryn Gow
  • Chap. 13. Terrorism and trauma : the dimension of fear / John M. Violanti
  • Chap. 14. Managing traumatic stress in protective services : risk, resilience, and vulnerability / Douglas Paton, John M. Violanti, Christine Dunning, and Leigh M. Smith
  • References
  • Index.