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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451039403321

Autore

Tehrani Noreen

Titolo

Workplace trauma : concepts, assessment and interventions / / Noreen Tehrani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-58391-875-2

1-135-44599-0

1-280-09882-1

9786610098828

0-203-50062-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/21

Soggetti

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Industrial psychiatry

Psychic trauma

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Post traumatic stress the history of a concept; 2 The psychobiology of traumatic stress; 3 An employee's response to trauma; 4 Traumatic stress in the workplace; 6 The management of crises and disasters and their relationship to business continuity; 7 Post trauma interventions crisis management diffusing debriefing and trauma counselling; 8 Introducing trauma care into an organisation; 9 Choosing and managing an external provider of post trauma support; 10 Assessing psychological trauma

11 Developing a trauma scale for organisations12 Difficulties of evaluating post trauma interventions in organisations; 13 The Post Office  identifying the causes of acute post traumatic stress; 14 Workplace bullying  a source of chronic posttraumatic stress; 15 The Paddington rail crash  how to deal with a crisis; 16 The Manchester bomb  trauma counselling and long term support; 17 Conclusions and future directions; Appendix A Post incident questionnai



Sommario/riassunto

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.