Trauma and resilience in contemporary Australian policing : is PTS inevitable for first responders? / Andrew Paterson.
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
9811644152
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-4416-0 doi
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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
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Trauma and Resilience in Contemporary Australian Policing.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.