Aviation Mental Health

Psychological Implications for Air Transportation
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7546-4371-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hubbard, Todd

Bor, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.