Aviation Mental Health

Psychological Implications for Air Transportation

Robert Bor editor Todd Hubbard editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:18th Sep '06

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Aviation Mental Health cover

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. Pilot mental health has, hitherto, been regarded as a specialist topic in aviation medicine. Consequently, practitioners and researchers alike have been forced to consult specialist journals or seek out a relevant chapter on this topic in a general textbook to develop or update their understanding of the relevant issues. This book seeks to remedy this situation by gathering together all of the relevant insights into a single authoritative source gathered from the leading specialists in the field. It aims to cover all of the main relevant issues including the assessment, care, management and treatment of mental health problems, as well as the prevention of mental health problems among this occupational group.

'This is an excellent book for all managers with responsibility for staff in airlines and associated service providers. It provides an insight into mental health issues specifically for aircrew and cabin staff, and presents a manager with the core knowledge to improve recruitment, staff motivation, retention and performance. A very thought-provoking read.' Roger Wootton, City University, London 'This book is not only essential reading for all those professionally involved in any way with aviation mental health - its assessment, management, treatment and care, it is also truly addictive reading for the curious.' - The RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal February 2007 'In conclusion, this book on Aviation Mental Health is a very interesting exposure to a new and promising area of mental health in a very professional and dedicated sector. It has broadened the scope from physiological and psychological assessment of fitness to fly towards domains of psychological and mental health issues.' Professor John Stoop, Lund University, HFES Newsletter, June 2007 'Overall this is a useful practical guide to an important area of occupational mental health...' British Journal of Psychiatry Sept 2007 ’In summary, this is a very comprehensive but readable book. As well as being of value to all those interested in aviation, especially those with responsibility for crew-duties and shift patterns, for psychiatrists and psychologists working with aircrew and cabin crew it should be required reading.’ Occupational Medicine, vol 63, no 1, January 2013

ISBN: 9780754643715

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 816g

376 pages