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Military psychology has become one of the world’s fastest-growing disciplines with ever-emerging new applications of research and development. The Routledge International Handbook of Military Psychology and Mental Health is a compendium of chapters by internationally renowned scholars in the field, bringing forth the state of the art in the theory, practice and future prospects of military psychology. This uniquely interdisciplinary volume deliberates upon the current issues and applications of military psychology not only within the military organization and the discipline of psychology, but also in the larger context of its role of building a better world. Split into three parts dedicated to specific themes, the first part of the book, \"Military Psychology: The Roots and the Journey,\" provides an overview of the evolution of the discipline over the years, delving into concepts as varied as culture and cognition in the military, a perspective on the role of military psychology in future warfare and ethical issues. The second part, \"Soldiering: Deployment and Beyond,\" considers the complexities involved in soldiering in view of the changing nature of warfare, generating a focal discourse on various aspects of military leadership, soldier resilience and post-traumatic growth in the face of extreme situations, bravery and character strengths and transitioning to civilian life. In the final section, \"Making a Choice: Mental Health Issues and Prospects in the Military,\" the contributors focus on the challenges and practices involved in maintaining the mental health of the soldier, covering issues ranging from stress, mental health and well-being, through to suicide risk and its prevention, intervention and management strategies, moral injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Incorporating enlightening contributions of eminent scholars from around the world, the volume is a comprehensive repository of current perspectives and future directions in the domain of military psychology. It will prove a valuable resource for mental health practitioners, military leaders, policy-makers and academics and students across a range of disciplines.

College Mindfulness Training is a ground-breaking book that carefully combines selected meditation exercises with guidance explaining the background, scientific context, and practical applications of mindfulness practice. More than just a meditation manual, this book details how and why personal mindfulness practice is essential for the college-aged student. In addition to extensive practical exercises for both beginner and intermediate-level meditation students, the author explores the kinds of institutions and organizations that have arisen out of the popular mindfulness movement and what career options in the field may be available in the future. Throughout the manual, the author provides readers with insights into basic meditation techniques; active and passive meditation techniques; Focused Attention Meditation in both guided and self-guided forms; Open Monitoring Meditation; informal meditation exercises; a brief history of the MBSR program and Koru meditation; a survey of current apps and meditation-supportive technology platforms; and detailed instructions for self-driven practice, and a semester-long outline for teachers. A captivating read, this book covers many of the essentials of mindfulness meditation and self-care of interest to college students, making it an essential tool for those of college age seeking to practice mindfulness meditation as well as college educators seeking a guided system to enhance their students’ emotional well-being and academic performance. College Mindfulness Training is a ground-breaking book that carefully combines selected meditation exercises with guidance explaining the background, scientific context, and practical applications of mindfulness practice. More than just a meditation manual, this book details how and why personal mindfulness practice is essential for the college-aged student. In addition to extensive practical exercises for both beginner and intermediate-level meditation students, the author explores the kinds of institutions and organizations that have arisen out of the popular mindfulness movement and what career options in the field may be available in the future. Throughout the manual, the author provides readers with insights into basic meditation techniques; active and passive meditation techniques; Focused Attention Meditation in both guided and self-guided forms; Open Monitoring Meditation; informal meditation exercises; a brief history of the MBSR program and Koru meditation; a survey of current apps and meditation-supportive technology platforms; and detailed instructions for self-driven practice, and a semester-long outline for teachers. A captivating read, this book covers many of the essentials of mindfulness meditation and self-care of interest to college students, making it an essential tool for those of college age seeking to practice mindfulness meditation as well as college educators seeking a guided system to enhance their students’ emotional well-being and academic performance.

Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes: Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy offers the first comprehensive guide to all prominent, evidence-based mindfulness programmes available in the West. The rapid growth of mindfulness in the Western world has given rise to an unprecedented wave of creative mindfulness programmes, offering tailor-made mindfulness practices for school teachers, students, parents, nurses, yoga teachers, athletes, pregnant women, therapists, care-takers, coaches, organisational leaders and lawyers. This book offers an in-depth engagement with these different programmes, emphasising not only the theory and research but also the practice. Exercises and activities are provided to enable the reader to first understand the programme and then experience its unique approach and benefits. Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes will enrich your knowledge and experience of mindfulness practice, whether you are a practitioner, researcher or simply interested in the application of mindfulness. Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes: Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy offers the first comprehensive guide to all prominent, evidence-based mindfulness programmes available in the West. The rapid growth of mindfulness in the Western world has given rise to an unprecedented wave of creative mindfulness programmes, offering tailor-made mindfulness practices for school teachers, students, parents, nurses, yoga teachers, athletes, pregnant women, therapists, care-takers, coaches, organisational leaders and lawyers. This book offers an in-depth engagement with these different programmes, emphasising not only the theory and research but also the practice. Exercises and activities are provided to enable the reader to first understand the programme and then experience its unique approach and benefits. Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes will enrich your knowledge and experience of mindfulness practice, whether you are a practitioner, researcher or simply interested in the application of mindfulness.

This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into program evaluation, providing examples of how this can be done, and offers insights that aim to improve working life. Although there is a substantial body of research supporting a causal relationship between working conditions and employee stress and well-being, information on how to develop effective strategies to reduce or eliminate psychosocial risks in the workplace is much more scarce, ambiguous and inconclusive. Indeed, researchers in this field have so far attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of organizational interventions to improve workers’ health and well-being, but little attention has been paid to the strategies and processes likely to enhance or undermine interventions. The focus of this volume will help to overcome this qualitative-quantitative divide. This book discusses conceptual developments, practical applications, and methodological issues in the field. As such it is suitable for students, practitioners and researchers in the fields of organizational psychology and clinical psychology, as well as human resources management, health & safety, medicine, occupational health, risk management and public health. \"This is a much-needed and timely volume on a major, yet often neglected issue in occupational health psychology. A must-read for those who are interested in improving intervention effectiveness.\" - Toon W. Taris, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands \"I want to thank and congratulate the editors and authors for making this book possible. It provides clear evidence of how far we have come in the past 20-30 years, and how far we have yet to go in developing, implementing and evaluating effective interventions that reduce adverse psychological outcomes for workers.\" - Linda M. Goldenhar, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, USA Caroline Biron is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor in Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, and a member of the Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Management at Laval University, Québec, Canada. Her work on the intervention process won the Best Intervention Competition award at the Work, Stress & Health Conference 2011. Maria Karanika-Murray is an Occupational Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Her research focuses on the importance of the organizational context for employee health and well-being, and the assessment and management of work-related health and well-being. Cary L. Cooper CBE is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School, UK; Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences and Editor of the journal Stress and Health . He was honoured by the Queen with Commander of the British Empire for his contribution to occupational health. N. K.Semmer , Foreword C. Biron, M. Karinika-Murray, C. L. Cooper, Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being Part 1. Challenges and Methodological Issues in Organizational-Level Interventions A.D. La Montagne, A.J. Noblet, P.A. Landsbergis, Intervention Development and Implementation: Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Organisational-Level Interventions N. Mellor, M. Karanika-Murray, E. Waite, Taking a Multi-Faceted, Multi-Level, and Integrated Perspective for Addressing Psychosocial Issues at the Workplace L. E. Tetrick, J. C. Quick, P. L. Gilmore, Research in Organizational Interventions to Improve Well-Being: Perspectives on Organizational Change and Development M. F. Dollard, Psychosocial Safety Climate: A Lead Indicator of Workplace Psychological Health and Engagement and a Precursor to Intervention Success S. D. Tvedt, P. O. Saksvik, Perspectives on the Intervention Process as a Special Case of Organizational Change R. Randall, K. M. Nielsen, Does the Intervention Fit? An Explanatory Model of Intervention Success and Failure in Complex Organizational Environments G. Baril-Gingras, M. Bellemare, C. Brisson, How can Qualitative Studies Help Explain the Role of Context and Process of Interventions on Occupational Safety and Health and on Mental Health at Work? C. Biron, What Works for Whom in Which Context?: Researching Organizational Interventions on Stress and Well-Being Using Realistic Evaluation Principles Part 2. Addressing Process and Context in Practice R. Bourbonnais, N. Jauvin, J. Dussault, M. Vézina, Evaluation of an Intervention to Prevent Mental Health Problems Among Correctional Officers R. Lewis, J. Yarker, E. Donaldson-Feilder, The Vital Role of Line Managers in Managing Psychosocial Risks V. Brunsden, R. Hill, K. Maguire, The Impact of Process Issues on Stress Interventions in the Emergency Services, J. Klein Hesselinck, N. Wiezer, H. Den Besten, E. De Kleijn, The Development of Smart and Practical Small Group Interventions for work Stress Part 3. Policy Implications C. Mackay, D. Palferman, H. Saul, S. Webster, C. Packham, Implementation of the Management standars for Work-Related Stress in Great Britain, K. Daniels, M. Karanika-Murray, N. Mellor, M. van Veldhoven, Moving Policy and Practice Forward: Beyond Prescriptions for Job Characteristics A. Weyman, Evidence-Based Practice – Its Contributions to Learning in Managing Workplace Health Risks Part 4. Conclusions M. Karanika-Murray, C. Biron, C.L. Cooper, Concluding Comments: Distilling the Principles of Successful Organizational Intervention Implementation.

Occupational stress affects millions of people every year and is not only costly to the individual – in terms of their mental and physical health – but also results in major costs for organisations due to workplace absence and loss of productivity. This Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based self-help guide will equip the user with the necessary tools and techniques to manage work related stress more effectively. Divided into three parts, this book will help you to: understand occupational stress learn about a range of methods to reduce stress levels develop your own self-help plan. Overcoming Your Workplace Stress is written in a straightforward, easy-to-follow style, allowing the reader to develop the necessary skills to become their own therapist.

In terms of time, energy, and money, a career is one of the most important investments that a person makes during his or her lifetime. Career Stress in Changing Times is an exciting volume that covers the entire career cycle, from beginning through mid-career dilemmas to the retirement transition. Many key career issues and stressors--as they are experienced during each stage of one’s career--are examined. Experts also explore the major social and cultural forces that influence careers and will continue to do so in the next century, including women’s influx into the workplace, the decline of blue-collar labor, the changing demographics of our nation, and the movement toward a world economy. Career Stress in Changing Times is ideal for individuals involved in career planning activities, professionals counseling people engaged in career planning transitions, and educators involved in teaching career planning seminars. This volume is unique in that it blends the work of academic researchers with that of practitioners on the firing line; it blends theoretical and conceptual work with empirical, data-based research as well as with the results of in-depth interviews and reports from the direct experience of practitioners. Contents Preface I. Introduction The Changing Times of Life: Career in Context Career Experiences: Current and Future Themes II. The Beginning Career Planning Adjusting to a New Organization: Easing the Transition From Outsider to Insider Transition From School to Work III. The Mid-Career Issues Work and Non-Work Issues in the Management of Occupational Careers in the 1990s Intracompany Job Transfers: An Exploratory Two-Sample Study of the Buffering Effects of Interpersonal Support Merger and Acquisition Stress: Fear and Uncertainty at Mid-Career Staying With or Leaving the Organization The Middle Years: Career Stage Differences Mid-Career Transition IV. The End Game Why Retire Early? Time to Move On? Career Stress in Changing Times: Some Final Observations

Disaster mental health is a growing field of practice designed to help victims and relief workers learn to effectively cope with the extreme stresses they will face in the aftermath of a disaster. The goal of disaster mental health is to prevent the development of long-term, negative psychological consequences, such as PTSD. This book assists clinicians and traumatologists in \"making the bridge\" between their clinical knowledge and skills and the unique, complex, chaotic, and highly political field of disaster. It combines information from a vast reservoir of prior research and literature with the authors' practical and pragmatic experience in providing disaster mental health services in a wide variety of disasters. Part I: Disaster Concepts and Roles. Disasters and Human Reactions. The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Disaster. Selection, Training, and Preparation of Disaster Mental Health Workers. Part II: Disaster Mental Health Services, Programs, and Workers. Disaster Mental Health Programs and Models of Actions. Stress Management and Prevention of Compassion Fatigue for Psychotraumatologists During Disaster. Psychological Debriefing in Large-scale Disasters. Support Groups in Disaster Mental Health Programs. Part III: Disaster Mental Health Services in the Millennium. Case Example - The Oklahoma City Bombing. Trauma Therapies. Implications for Disaster Mental Health Services in the Millennium. Diane Myers, R.N., M.S.N., has been in private practice for over twenty years, specializing in Post-Traumatic Stress Assessment and Treatment, Crisis Intervention, Consultation and Training in Disaster Mental Health, Critical Incident Stress, and Traumatic Stress. Her teaching experience includes psychiatric nursing at Yale University, and nursing and community health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Face stage fright and self-doubt with new courage! The experience of awe has rarely been considered by psychologists, but this extraordinary book makes up for that neglect. Frightful Stages explores all the shades of that strange emotion from reverence to terror. At its heart, awe is the condition of human suffering in situations that require you to act in all the senses of that deceptively simple word, whether on stage or off, whether in the presence of many or alone. Frightful Stages provides a multifaceted view of the semiotics of awe. It deals with its manifestations in film, on stage, in poetry, in ordinary lives as well as in the more extraordinary ones, including Bessie Smith, Carl Van Vechten, Barbra Streisand, Federico Fellini, Thomas Merton, and John Ashbery. This unprecedented book delineates the experience of awe in moments of stage fright, performance anxiety, and everyday interpersonal relations. Frightful Stages takes place on and off stage, before the curtain and behind, in the audience and on the screen. It explores the mysterious experience of awe in a multitude of contexts, including: Thomas Merton's psychoanalytic showdown with Gregory Zilboorg the chronic tensions between Apollonian reason and Dionysian instinct in myth, psychoanalysis, creation, and performance the ill-fated encounter between the greatest of all blues singers and a brilliant, self-loathing literary critic the moment of awe in experiential psychotherapy as seen by both the analyst and client the differences and similarities between stage fright and social phobia the intricate interrelationships between pernicious envy, emotional awkwardness, and fear a personal diary chronicling one man's crisis of panic, anguish, and self-doubt the complexities of feeling, offering, and accepting reverence in the psychotherapeutic relationship Frightful Stages gives clinicians and lay readers a variety of approaches from the analytic to the unanalytic, from the psychodynamic to the humanistic. It will appeal to a diverse audience, including therapists, clients, social theorists, cultural anthropologists, performers, and writers. Additionally, this book is intended to help artists deal with creative blocks, therapists cope with their own terrors, and all helping professionals understand bizarre phenomena.

How can organisations defend their employees against psychological trauma? Post-traumatic stress is a topical subject of increasing importance. Yet much of the writing on this subject so far has concerned stress suffered by people exposed to serious turmoil such as war and ethnic conflict. Workplace Trauma is an extremely welcome presentation of the subject of stress in the workplace. This book explores the ways that traumatic events impact the psychological well being of organisations and their employees. The effects of disasters, accidents, crime, injury and death are examined alongside examples of organisational trauma care programmes and reviews of the current thinking regarding post trauma interventions. The insights generated are illustrated with case studies from the author's extensive experience of counselling victims of trauma at work. The theory, research and practical advice contained in this volume will prove a valuable resource for organisations and practitioners seeking guidance on reducing the impact of psychological trauma. 'At last we have a well-presented, well-researched book on post-traumatic stress and how traumatic events impact on the psychological wellbeing of organisations and their employees... the book will be extremely useful to organisations in determining the benefits of introducing trauma care programmes into their organisation. It will also give practising clinicans a very clear framework in which to work effectively with trauma and its effects, specifically in the workplace.' - Patricia Justice, Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, March 2005 'An impressive book, which will, no doubt, rapidly become a key reference point for managers, counsellors and service providers in the future.' - Peter Jenkins, Counselling at Work, Autumn 2005 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. Noreen Tehrani is a chartered occupational, counselling and health psychologist.

Examine a compelling account of a professional caregiver’s inspirational struggle with a mind/body illness and the renewed sense of compassion his recovery provides. This uplifting narrative is the story of a caregiving professional stricken by panic attacks, a wounded healer desperate to be healed. When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient is the candid and compassionate first-hand account of Daniel Langford’s struggle with the anxiety disorder that signals a physical, cognitive, and emotional crisis that paralyzes him, despite his extensive background as a health care professional, social worker, and pastoral minister. His journey from the disorder’s horrifying onset to the understanding and acceptance of its roots, and finally, to an insight that evokes a renewed appreciation for the human spirit is an inspirational guide to healing and recovery. The anecdotal form of When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient lends itself to a personal retelling of Langford’s struggle, detailing his sessions with family physician Dr. David Betat, and colleague and co-author Dr. Emil Authelet as they explore the biopsychosocial and spiritual dimension of Langford’s attacks. Their informal dialogues serve as a model of how a lateral relationship between colleagues can create an environment for healing and recovery that can be passed on to others. The book also critiques and reviews existing literature on panic attacks and anxiety disorders related to the author’s search for understanding. When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient examines: panic attacks--cause, treatment, and recovery a critique of existing literature on panic attacks clinical and spiritual perspectives on anxiety disorders critical elements of the healing process effects on the caregiver’s relationship with his/her client a fresh model for the caregiver/patient relationship An essential resource for caregivers, counselors and therapists, educators, physicians, and health care and religious professionals, as well as those searching for an understanding of anxiety disorders, When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient reassures those who receive care that the care giver struggles with life as well. That understanding of the mutuality of pain and recovery creates a connection that helps ease the isolation that often accompanies suffering. Foreword Preface Chapter 1. A Frightening Summer Experience Chapter 2. Critique of the Literature on Panic Attacks Introduction Panic Attack As Defined by the DSM-IV The Matrix of Panic Attacks Understanding Panic Using an Integrated Model Treatments for Panic Conclusion Chapter 3. Clinical and Spiritual Perspectives on Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and the Malfunctioning of Our Brains: An Interview with Dr. David Betat Introduction A Dialogue with David Betat, MD Chapter 4. The Frightened Child Hiding Behind the Facade of an Adult The Dan Langford I First Met Struggles with a Mission War in the Classroom The Crisis of the Inner Child A New Level of Self-Awareness Recovery Chapter 5. The Healing of the Frightened Child Introduction The Tyranny of the Inner Child Ego States and Transactional Analysis Recovery Chapter 6. How the Suffering of the Caregiver Benefits the Caregiver-Client Relationship—Part 1 Chapter 7. How the Suffering of the Caregiver Benefits the Caregiver-Client Relationship—Part 2 Introduction What Makes a Good Caregiver? We Live Life and Help Others from the Inside Out The Critical Elements of the Healing Process The Measures of a Therapist’s Integrity and Success Conclusion Chapter 8. Toward a Fresh Model of the Caregiver-Client Relationship: The Oneness of Human Experience—Part 1 Introduction The Dark Side of the Caregiving Professional’s World Pathologies in the Therapist-Client Relationship A New Model of the Caregiver-Client Relationship Reflection Chapter 9. Toward a Fresh Model of the Caregiver-Client Relationship: The Oneness of the Human Experience—Part 2 Introduction The Dark Side of Caregiving A New Model of the Caregiver-Client Relationship Chapter 10. Reflections on John Powell’s Book Fully Human, Fully Alive: A Dialogue Between Emil Authelet and Dan Langford What It Means to Be Set Free Through the Restructuring of Our Thoughts and Perceptions of Ourselves Strategies for Becoming Fully Human, Fully Alive The Restructuring of Thought and Vision Therapy Chapter 11. Finale: Relational Theology and the Circle of Life Introduction Thinking and Relating Holistically Christology God’s Original Intention and Our Deepest Need The Mutual Interconnectedness Between Therapist and Client Authentic Caregiving Building a World of Caregivers What Is Health? The Responsibility of the Therapist Notes Bibliography Index Reference Notes Included