Promoting capabilities to manage posttraumatic stress : perspectives on resilience / edited by Douglas Paton, John M. Violanti, Leigh M. Smith.

This book provides a systematic review of the variables and mechanisms that underpin resilience and growth in professions who face a high risk of regular and repetitive exposure to adverse or hazardous events. Given the inevitability of this exposure, promoting the acceptance and practice of this pa...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Paton, Douglas. Violanti, John M. Smith, Leigh M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas Pub., ©2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / John P. King
  • Preface
  • Chap. 1. Posttraumatic psychological stress : individual, group, and organizational perspectives on resilience and growth / Douglas Paton, John M. Violanti, and Leigh M. Smith
  • Chap. 2. Routes to posttraumatic growth through cognitive processing / Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun
  • Chap. 3. A trait approach to posttrauma vulnerability and growth / Carmen Moran and Jane Shakespeare-Finch
  • Chap. 4. Hardiness training for resiliency and leadership / Salvatore R. Maddi and Deborah M. Khoshaba
  • Chap. 5. Hardiness as a resiliency resource under high stress conditions / Paul T. Bartone
  • Chap. 6. Team resilience / Clare Pollock, Douglas Paton, Leigh M. Smith, and John M. Volanti
  • Chap. 7. Training for resilience / Clare Pollock, Douglas Paton, Leigh M. Smith and John M. Violanti
  • Chap. 8. Building psychological resilience : learning from the South African Police Service / Merle Friedman and Craig Higson-Smith
  • Chap. 9. Sense of coherence in managing trauma workers / Christine Dunning
  • Chap. 10. Environmental resilience : psychological empowerment in high-risk professions / Peter Johnston and Douglas Paton
  • Chap. 11. The process of trusting : its relevance to vulnerability and resilience in traumatic situations / Roy L. Payne and Murray Clark
  • Chap. 12. The family : resilience resource and resilience needs / Jane Shakespeare-Finch, Douglas Paton, and John M. Violanti
  • Chap. 13. Risk response module / Leigh M. Smith and John M. Violanti
  • Chap. 14. Resilience and growth in high-risk professions : reflections and future directions / Douglas Paton, John M. Violanti, and Leigh M. Smith
  • Name index
  • Subject index.