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Recover or reduce long-term effects caused by violence or disaster.
This book aims to challenge and change unhelpful attitudes to those who suffer traumatic reactions, to show that they are not signs of weakness or a personality disorder and that there is understanding and help available for those who suffer. It draws on personal and professional experience. The author has worked as a counsellor, practising the psychological debriefing he describes in detail, dealing with many different kinds of traumatic events. He describes theories and methods used for understanding traumatic stress and outlines the history of treatments offered, up to the present. There are also descriptions of the coping strategies used by professionals in the Emergency and Social Services, which are also found in civilian organizations and in society in general. The author describes personal experience, counselling and psychological debriefing.
This book looks at innovative engineering solutions to the problems of climate change and explores ways in which to develop clean, renewable energy sources. It is now generally accepted that the world's climate has entered into a phase of warming with potentially disastrous consequences for the planet, but there is no agreement about how to deal with it. The "global energy trap" of the title refers to the fact that our civilization has been built on energy derived from fossil fuels and when these are exhausted, there must be a collapse of some kind. However, long before we have run them down to exhaustion we shall have pushed atmospheric pollution and global warming beyond a tipping point. I...
The flashbacks, insecurity and depression that are all part of post-trauma stress can be caused by involvement in any distressing event, from a train crash to assault or miscarriage. This practical handbook will help you, and those close to you, understand your symptoms. Building on his experience, Frank Parkinson has also developed exercises to help you ease the symptoms and their impact on your life.
First developed in the USA in the 1980s, Critical Incident Debriefing is a structured procedure which enables those who have been involved in a violent and traumatic incident to work through the experience and come to terms with it.
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