Managing Traumatic Stress Risk: A Proactive Approach

"This volume represents the first systematic review of critical incident and disaster hazards, the contextual factors that influence risk, and their implications for traumatic stress risk management. Specifically, the book provides a means of integrating emergency and crisis Human Resource planning within mainstream models of disaster management. Furthermore, the focus on identifying the hazards capable of eliciting traumatic stress responses also ensures that the contents are consistent with the practices and terminology prevailing within contemporary Health and Safety initiatives, increasing the likelihood of traumatic stress risk management being accommodated within this process. It will be of interest to law enforcement, emergency, paramedical services, military peacekeeping forces, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and industrial, commercial and financial services organizations that are increasingly cognizant of the risks to their staff and business from disasters, workplace, violence and other crisis events."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved