Aviation Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

Psychological Implications for Air Transportation
Redaktion: Hubbard, Todd; Bor, Robert

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an authoritative and practical guide to the assessment, management, treatment and care of pilots and other professional groups within aviation, covering a range of relevant topics, for health and human resources practitioners working in the airline industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317176640
• Artikelnr.: 49353651

Autorenporträt

Professor Robert Bor DPhil CPsychol FBPsS UKCP Reg FRAeS has worked as both a clinical and academic psychologist, and also holds a pilots' licence. He is presently a consultant clinical psychologist at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and Visiting Professor at City University, London, where he teaches on the MSc in Air Transport Management. He provides a specialist consultation service for air crew and their families for several leading international airlines and is also involved in the selection of airline pilots. Professor Todd Hubbard Ed D, Lt. Col. USAF (retired) is an Associate Professor and Principal Investigator for aviation-oriented research projects in educational psychology, cognitive psychology, ergonomics, and sociology at Oklahoma State University, where he holds the Clarence E. Page Endowed Chair. As a military pilot he accrued more than 3300 hours of flight time, had ratings in the KC-135, T-37, T-38, U-2R, and TR-1A aircraft and has logged time in the F-16 and RF-4.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Aviation Mental Health: An Introduction
1: Psychological Issues of Flight and Cabin Crew
2: Psychological Stress and Air Travel: An Overview of Psychological Stress Affecting Airline Passengers
3: Psychological Factors Relating to Physical Health Issues: How Physical Factors in Aviation and Travel Affect Psychological Functioning
4: Psychological Problems Among Passengers and On-Board Psychiatric Emergencies
5: The Nature, Characteristics, Impact, and Personal Implications of Fear of Flying
6: Flight or Fright? Psychological Approaches to the Treatment of Fear of Flying
7: Posttraumatic Stress Reactions Following Aircraft Disasters
2: Psychological Processes Among Passengers and Crew
8: Psychiatric Disorders and Syndromes Among Pilots
9: The Psychiatric Evaluation of Air Crew
10: Psychological Assessment and Reporting of Crew Mental Health
11: Psychological Factors in Cockpit Crew Selection
12: Psychological Aspects of Selection of Flight Attendants
13: How Cabin Crew Cope with Work Stress
14: Psychological Problems Among Cabin Crew
3: Related Themes in Aviation
15: Psychological Aspects of Astronaut Selection
16: Occupational Factors in Pilot Mental Health: Sleep Loss, Jet Lag, and Shift Work
17: Legal Aspects of Aviation Health: The Changing Landscape 1
18: Aviation Psychology in a Developing Country: South Africa
19: How We Explain Misfortune: Psychological Implications for Mental Health in Aviation Professionals
Epilogue