Download or read book Stress et trauma dans les services de police et de secours written by Erik de Soir and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les repercussions negatives du stress et du trauma constituent une realite qui ne peut etre mise en doute et depuis plusieurs decennies, elles ont fait l'objet de multiples recherches et publications. Il semble en effet evident que l'exercice de certaines professions particulierement stressantes puisse engendrer des repercussions tant sur le plan physiologique que psychologique. De telles constations ont ete effectuees par de nombreux auteurs de toutes nationalites, notamment chez les controleurs aeriens, le personnel soignant, mais aussi chez les membres des services d'incendie et les policiers. Ce livre propose donc d'evoquer, dans sa premiere partie, une necessaire revue de la litterature concernant le stress d'un point de vue general pour ensuite l'aborder chez les intervenants. Les autres parties de l'ouvrage se consacreront aux domaines de la psychotraumatologie, des principes de premiere assistance psychologique ainsi qu'aux techniques d'entretien et d'intervention individuelle ou collective a la suite d'evenements bouleversants. Enfin, le role joue par le tissu social de l'intervenant, la description d'un modele de prevention, de prise en charge et de suivi du stress lie aux interventions dans ces professions seront egalement abordes, toujours dans une perspective resolument dynamique, pratique, accessible a tous les non " inities ". Si ce livre s'adresse aux policiers et sauveteurs tant dans un but personnel que de soutien, il est evident que d'autres professions, confrontees egalement a des situations de crise pourront aisement l'adapter a leur realite professionnelle.
Download or read book POLICE TRAUMA written by John M. Violanti and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The police fight a different kind of war, and the enemy is the police officer's own civilian population: those who engage in crime, social indignity, and inhumane treatment of others. The result for the police officer is both physical and psychological battering, occasionally culminating in the officer sacrificing his or her life to protect others. This book focuses on the psychological impact of police civilian combat. During a police career, the men and women of police agencies are exposed to distressing events that go far beyond the experience of the ordinary citizen, and there is an increased need today to help police officers deal with these traumatic experiences. As police work becomes increasingly complex, this need will grow. Mental health and other professionals need to be made aware of the conditions and precipitants of trauma stress among the police. The goal of this book is to provide that important information. The book's perspective is based on the idea that trauma stress is a product of complex interaction of person, place, situation, support mechanisms, and interventions. To effectively communicate this to the reader, new conceptual and methodological considerations, essays on special groups in policing, and innovative ideas on recovery and treatment of trauma are presented. This information can be used to prevent or minimize trauma stress and to help in establishing improved support and therapeutic measures for police officers. Contributions in the book are from professionals who work with police officers, and in some cases those who are or have been police officers, to provide the reader with different perspectives. Chapters are grouped into three sections: conceptual and methodological issues, special police groups, and recovery and treatment. The book concludes with a discussion of issues and identifies future directions for conceptualization, assessment, intervention, and effective treatment of psychological trauma in policing.
Download or read book Traumatic Stress in Police Officers written by Douglas Paton and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this book is to demonstrate how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers and agencies and provide a framework that can be used to guide research and intervention agenda in ways that reflect the changes that can occur over the course of a police career that can span decades. The book examines the nature and effectiveness of the police role in dealing with adverse events as they unfold within a career perspective. It begins with pre-employment experiences and their implications for operational well-being and concludes with a discussion of the implications of a police career for disengagement or retirement from this role. It draws upon empirical research to provide an evidence-based approach to traumatic stress risk management and well-being in contemporary policing. Based on state-of-the-art research, the book provides a framework that police agencies can use to develop their officers and their organizations in ways that enhance their capability to confront an increasingly uncertain future in ways that maximize the interests of front-line policing. Areas of discussion include incorporation of police trauma into a life-career course perspective; changing context and nature of police work; recruitment, selection, and socialization in the context of critical incident and terrorist work; changing gender balance; training in uncertain times; managing risk and vulnerability; organizational context; family dynamics; inter and intraorganizational teams; health and mental health; consequences of long-term exposure to hazards; and disengagement and retirement. The text will be of significant interest to police organizations and agencies whose officers face a high risk of experiencing disaster and traumatic stress, law enforcement managerial and supervisory personnel, human resource and health and safety professionals, and mental health professionals and consultants. The text will also be relevant to those researching traumatic stress, disaster stress, and emergency management as well as other protective services.
Download or read book Police Trauma and the Utility of Appropriate Psychological Services written by Kate Dantoft and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police officers often experience recurring traumatic and stressful situations as part of their occupation. These situations can negatively affect both their personal and professional lives. Research indicates significant findings concerning police personnel and such thins as posttraumatic stress symptomatology and job burnout. Psychological assistance and other programs exist to mollify negative ramifications; however, their effectiveness may fall under fire because they may not be appropriately mollified for police offices or highly utilized by the police community. The machismo culture and fears of demotions often serve as strong deterrents to employ already existing programs. This study focuses on current attitudes, lifestyles, and experiences of police officers with attention to trauma exposure, police culture, and how police officers view current psychological programs.
Download or read book Trauma and Mental Health in the Wake of a Technological Disaster written by Erik De Soir and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2015 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gas explosion in Ghislenghien (Belgium, July 2004) instantly killed five firefighters, one police officer and 18 civilians. Moreover, 132 people were wounded and many of them suffered severe burn injuries. This book aims at clarifying the impact of a technological disaster, both phenomenologically and empirically. It also wishes to enhance the understanding of the challenges for psychological help in the wake of technological disaster. On the phenomenological side, the experiences of a disaster survivor are used to set the stage for a discussion on the conceptual differences between mainstream (Anglo-Saxon) trauma theories and the more classical (French) psychodynamic theories. Three chapters provide contextual information on the trauma inflicted by a massive explosion. On the empirical side, the focus is on the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms in adult and child survivors of a massive gas explosion, in their family members as well as in family members of deceased victims. Four chapters provide a quantitative approach of trauma-related mental health disturbances in adults and children after a technological disaster. The results clearly indicate the influence of the degree of exposure, peritraumatic dissociation and dissatisfaction with social support on the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms. The risk for the development of four types of mental health disturbances (somatization, depression, anxiety and sleeping disturbances) was much higher in direct witnesses who have seen human damage. The epilogue discusses possible future developments for early psychophysiological stabilization of disaster victims.
Download or read book Impact of Organizational Trauma on Workplace Behavior and Performance written by Háša, Stanislav and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many different types and causes of trauma in the workplace which can impact employee behavior and performance. Thus, it is imperative for managers to discover new ways to combat these issues and work toward a more harmonious working environment for all. Impact of Organizational Trauma on Workplace Behavior and Performance is a comprehensive examination of the multiple types of workplace traumas and the solutions which will heal these challenges to increase overall organizational culture and success. Highlighting extensive coverage of relevant topics such as downsizing, change management, trauma exposure, and organizational leadership, this publication is ideal for practitioners, professionals, managers, and researchers seeking innovative perspectives on organizational traumas in the workforce.
Download or read book Police Trauma and the Utility of Appropriate Psychological Services written by Kate Dantoft and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police officers often experience recurring traumatic and stressful situations as part of their occupation. These situations can negatively affect both their personal and professional lives. Research indicates significant findings concerning police personnel and such thins as posttraumatic stress symptomatology and job burnout. Psychological assistance and other programs exist to mollify negative ramifications; however, their effectiveness may fall under fire because they may not be appropriately mollified for police offices or highly utilized by the police community. The machismo culture and fears of demotions often serve as strong deterrents to employ already existing programs. This study focuses on current attitudes, lifestyles, and experiences of police officers with attention to trauma exposure, police culture, and how police officers view current psychological programs.
Download or read book PHTLS French Secours et soins prehospitaliers aux traumatises Huitieme Edition written by NAEMT, and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PHTLS Secours et soins préhospitaliers aux traumatisés, Huitième Édition est le programme mondial d'éducation de traumatologie et préhospitalière éprouvé le plus important de la NAEMT.
Download or read book Organizational Trauma and Healing written by Patricia Vivian and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizational Trauma and Healing is written for organizational leaders, consultants, and other practitioners interested in helping organizations become stronger. It gives them concepts and tools to strengthen their organizations and to help the organizations to heal from organizational trauma. The book describes the inherent influence of organizational work on organizational patterns and culture and connects that influence to trauma and traumatization. It introduces a framework to analyze organizational realities in broad and deep ways and strategies to avoid or mitigate danger of traumatization as well as improve organizational health and sustainability. The authors offer theory and practice based on more than thirty years of work with not-for-profit and government organizations.
Download or read book Psychological Debriefing written by Beverley Raphael and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A balanced critical review of psychological debriefing by an eminent international team, published in 2000.
Download or read book How Was It Possible written by Peter Hayes and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, future generations will no longer come face-to-face with Holocaust survivors. But the lessons of that terrible period in history are too important to let slip past. How Was It Possible?, edited and introduced by Peter Hayes, provides teachers and students with a comprehensive resource about the Nazi persecution of Jews. Deliberately resisting the reflexive urge to dismiss the topic as too horrible to be understood intellectually or emotionally, the anthology sets out to provide answers to questions that may otherwise defy comprehension. This anthology is organized around key issues of the Holocaust, from the historical context for antisemitism to the impediments to escaping Nazi Germany, and from the logistics of the death camps and the carrying out of genocide to the subsequent struggles of the displaced survivors in the aftermath. Prepared in cooperation with the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, this anthology includes contributions from such luminaries as Jean Ancel, Saul Friedlander, Tony Judt, Alan Kraut, Primo Levi, Robert Proctor, Richard Rhodes, Timothy Snyder, and Susan Zuccotti. Taken together, the selections make the ineffable fathomable and demystify the barbarism underlying the tragedy, inviting readers to learn precisely how the Holocaust was, in fact, possible.
Download or read book Impact of Organizational Trauma on Workplace Behavior and Performance written by Stanislav Hála and published by Business Science Reference. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive examination of the multiple types of workplace traumas and the solutions which will heal these challenges to increase overall organisational culture and success. This publication highlights extensive coverage of relevant topics such as downsizing, change management, trauma exposure, and organisational leadership.
Download or read book The Violence of Modernity written by Debarati Sanyal and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Violence of Modernity turns to Charles Baudelaire, one of the most canonical figures of literary modernism, in order to reclaim an aesthetic legacy for ethical inquiry and historical critique. Works of modern literature are commonly theorized as symptomatic responses to the trauma of history. In a climate that tends to privilege crisis over critique, Debarati Sanyal argues that it is urgent to rethink literary experience in terms that recall its contestatory potential. Examining Baudelaire's poems afresh, she shifts the focus of critical attention toward an account of modernism as an active engagement with violence, specifically the violence of history in nineteenth-century France. Sanyal analyzes a literary current that uses the traditional hallmarks of modernism—irony, intertextuality, self-reflexivity, and formalism—to challenge the historical violence of modernity. Baudelaire and the committed ironists writing in his wake teach us how to read and resist the violence of history, and thereby to challenge the melancholy tenor of our contemporary "wound culture." In a series of provocative readings, Sanyal presents Baudelaire's poetry as an aesthetic form that contests historical violence through rhetorical strategies of complicity, counterviolence, and critique. The book develops a new account of Baudelaire's significance as a modernist by dislodging him both from his traditional status as a practitioner of "art for art's sake" and from his more recent incarnation as the poet of trauma. Following her extended analysis of Baudelaire's poetry, Sanyal in later chapters considers a number of authors influenced by his strategies—including Rachilde, Virginie Despentes, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre—to examine the relevance of their interventions for our current climate of trauma and terror. The result is a study that underscores how Baudelaire's legacy continues to energize literary engagements with the violence of modernity.
Download or read book Emergency Medical Services written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nation's emergency and trauma care system, providing response and medical transport to millions of sick and injured Americans each year. At its best, EMS is a crucial link to survival in the chain of care, but within the last several years, complex problems facing the emergency care system have emerged. Press coverage has highlighted instances of slow EMS response times, ambulance diversions, trauma center closures, and ground and air medical crashes. This heightened public awareness of problems that have been building over time has underscored the need for a review of the U.S. emergency care system. Emergency Medical Services provides the first comprehensive study on this topic. This new book examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an in-depth analysis of the current organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems. By addressing its strengths, limitations, and future challenges this book draws upon a range of concerns: • The evolving role of EMS as an integral component of the overall health care system. • EMS system planning, preparedness, and coordination at the federal, state, and local levels. • EMS funding and infrastructure investments. • EMS workforce trends and professional education. • EMS research priorities and funding. Emergency Medical Services is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.
Download or read book First Aid for Nurses written by TK Indrani and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychological First Aid written by Leslie Snider and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people in a position to help others who have experienced an extremely distressing event.
Download or read book I Love a Fire Fighter written by Ellen Kirschman and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can fire fighter families cope with the emotional toll of loving a first responder? There are ceaseless worries--about the physical dangers of the profession, the cumulative stress, and the long hours spent away from home. In this compassionate and knowledgeable guide--now fully revised and updated--psychologist Ellen Kirschman shares sage advice and practical strategies for when times get tough. From dealing with occupational hazards like trauma, marital tension, and substance use problems, to the psychological effects of fighting wildland fires, Dr. Kirschman understands the unique challenges of life on the front lines. With candor and wisdom, she shows fire fighters and their loved ones how to navigate the highs and lows of “the best job in the world.”
