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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 -- 5. Workplace trauma and the law -- 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 organisations -- 12. 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 post-traumatic 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 -- App. A. Post-incident questionnaire (CASHCO) -- App. B. Bullying survey.

'Workplace Trauma' explores the psychological well being of organizations & their employees, covering the impact of disasters, accidents, crime, injury & death alongside examples of organizational trauma care programmes & reviews of current thinking regarding post trauma interventions.

English.

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