Workplace Trauma : Concepts, Assessment and Interventions

ISBN-13: 9781583918753 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 296 str.

Noreen Tehrani;Tehrani Noreen

Opis

Workplace Trauma explores the impact of traumatic events on the psychological well being of organisations and employees and considers the creation of appropriate trauma care programmes tailored to meet the needs of organisation and individuals.

Spis treści

Part I: Post-traumatic Stress: History and Development. Historical Development of a Concept. The Psychobiology of Traumatic Stress. An Employee's Response to Trauma. Trauma in the Workplace. Workplace Trauma and the Law. Part II: Dealing with Disasters at Work. The Management of Crises and Disasters and their Relationship to Business Continuity. Post-trauma Interventions: Crisis Management, Diffusing, Debriefing and Trauma Counselling. Introducing a Trauma Care Into an Organization. Choosing and Managing an External Provider of Post-support. Part III: The Measurement and Assessment of Traumatic Stress in the Workplace. Assessing Psychological Trauma. The Development of an Individual Trauma Scale for Use in Organizations. The Difficulties in Evaluating Interventions in Organizations. Part IV: Organizational Research: Case-studies. The Post Office: Identifying the Causes of Acute Post-Traumatic Stress. Workplace Bullying: A Source of Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress? The Paddington Rail Crash: How to Deal with the Crisis. The Manchester Bombing: Trauma Counselling and Long-term Support. Part V: Conclusions and Future Directions.

O autorze

Noreen Tehrani is a chartered occupational, counselling and health psychologist.