| Description |
1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Police -- Mental health -- Australia
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Secondary traumatic stress -- Australia
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Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Australia
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Resilience (Personality trait) -- Australia
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Police -- Mental health
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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Secondary traumatic stress
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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