Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel
Author: Stephanie M. Conn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 131719375X

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work on police officers, administrators, emergency communicators, and their families. Author Stephanie Conn, a clinician and researcher as well as a former police officer and dispatcher, debunks myths about weakness and offers practical strategies in plain language for police employees and their families struggling with traumatic stress and burnout. Sections of each chapter also offer guidance for frequently overlooked roles such as police administrators and civilian police employees. Using real-world anecdotes and exercises, this book provides strengths-based guidance to help navigate the many complex and sometimes difficult effects of police and emergency work.

Stress and the Police Officer

Stress and the Police Officer
Author: Katherine W. Ellison
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0398074585

"Good policing is not impossible. The reactions that have been associated with stressors are not inevitable. Many officers retire in good physical and emotional health and 100 back on their careers with pleasure. In a situation where stressers have led to maladaptive behavior on the part of individuals or organizations, change is called for. Change must be constant, as social conditions in the world around us vary. The police represent a force for the order necessary for society to function. It is not an easy job, but it is one that is worth doing well."

Producing Bias-Free Policing

Producing Bias-Free Policing
Author: Lorie A. Fridell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2016-08-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319331752

This Brief provides specific recommendations for police professionals to reduce the influence of implicit bias on police practice, which will improve both effectiveness (in a shift towards evidence-based, rather than bias-based) practices and police legitimacy. The author is donating her proceeds from this book to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (nleomf.org).

Counseling Cops

Counseling Cops
Author: Ellen Kirschman
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-09-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462524303

Grounded in clinical research, extensive experience, and deep familiarity with police culture, this book offers highly practical guidance for psychotherapists and counselors. The authors vividly depict the pressures and challenges of police work and explain the impact that line-of-duty issues can have on officers and their loved ones. Numerous concrete examples and tips show how to build rapport with cops, use a range of effective intervention strategies, and avoid common missteps and misconceptions. Approaches to working with frequently encountered clinical problems--such as substance abuse, depression, trauma, and marital conflict--are discussed in detail. A new preface in the paperback and e-book editions highlights the book's relevance in the context of current events and concerns about police-community relations. See also Kirschman's related self-help guide I Love a Cop, Third Edition: What Police Families Need to Know, an ideal recommendation for clients and their family members.

Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers

Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers
Author: Bowers, Clint A.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2019-08-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1522598049

The stress that comes with being a first responder has been known to lead to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide. However, few clinicians are informed about these health concerns and how to adequately treat them in this population. Therefore, there is an urgent need for practitioners to understand the latest information regarding treatments that will be useful to this specific population. Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers is an essential reference source that focuses on the latest research for diagnosing and treating mental health issues experienced by emergency personnel and seeks to generate awareness and inform clinicians about the unique circumstances encountered by these professionals. While highlighting topics including anxiety disorders and stress management, this book is ideally designed for clinicians, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, practitioners, medical professionals, EMTs, law enforcement, fire departments, military, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and students seeking current research on psychological therapy methods regarding first responders.

I Love a Cop, Revised Edition

I Love a Cop, Revised Edition
Author: Ellen Kirschman
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006-12-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Describes ways that the families of police officers can deal with the challenges that arise due to the stress of a police officer's career.

First Responder Resilience

First Responder Resilience
Author: Tania Glenn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781946329516

The tradition in emergency services has been to largely ignore mental health. This has never worked Recently there has been increased awareness of burnout, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and first responder suicide. Awareness is not enough. This book is designed to guide the audience towards solutions.

Mindfulness for Warriors

Mindfulness for Warriors
Author: Kim Colegrove
Publisher: Mango
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781642501742

Less than three months after retiring from a thirty-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their works brings, and this book continues that mission by offering first responders and their families hope by introducing meditation and mindfulness as viable and practical tools to help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being.

Warr;or21

Warr;or21
Author: Jeff Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781716508516