Trauma and resilience in contemporary Australian policing : is PTS inevitable for first responders? / Andrew Paterson.
Paterson, Andrew, author.
2021
RC451.4.P54 P38 2021
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Title Trauma and resilience in contemporary Australian policing : is PTS inevitable for first responders? / Andrew Paterson.
Author Paterson, Andrew, author.
ISBN 9789811644153
9811644152
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4416-0
Published Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-4416-0 doi
Call Number RC451.4.P54 P38 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.85/21
Summary This book examines how fifty police officers in South Australia keep well and "bounce back" from duty-related traumatic experience in the absence of practical, accessible and timely organisational support. It investigates mechanisms police officers presently use to "normalise" their duty-related traumatic experiences to preserve the delicate professional balance between "coping" and "psychic numbing" and avoid the much publicised perils of a PTSD diagnosis, while being appropriately responsive to colleagues, victims and survivors in their daily work environment. By revealing how police officers manage trauma--outside of the expectations of mental health professionals, union representatives and police leadership--innovative approaches and recommendations are offered to support first responders in moving from assumptions of post-traumatic stress and through post-traumatic growth. The book considers recent advances in post-traumatic growth and resilience theory and reinterprets exposure in a positive context, as well as preventative experiences in Australia and internationally
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Available in Other Form Trauma and Resilience in Contemporary Australian Policing.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Power, organisational and police culture, "the job"
Chapter 3. The Feminisation of policing
Chapter 4. Death and bodies
Chapter 5. Keeping well, Coping.-Chapter 6. Asking for help
Chapter 7. Sleep, "the elixir of resilience"
Chapter 8. Resilience
Chapter 9. PTSD and policing
Chapter 10. Posttraumatic growth in Policing
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Resilience among police in South Australia.

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