Military Stress and Performance: The Australian Defence Force Experience - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0522850545 ISBN 13: 9780522850543

Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

People comprise the backbone of any military force. But what happens when the stress of operations becomes overwhelming and those people fail to cope? Stress can have negative consequences for the individual, the organisation, and even for overall combat effectiveness. The Australian Defence Force has spent many years researching how to maximise individual resilience and performance in the face of extreme stress. For the first time this wealth of knowledge and experience has been brought together in one volume. This work examines the impact of highly stressful events, such as combat and peacekeeping operations, on individual troops and leaders, with a particular focus on factors that build resilience and maximise performance under stress. Managing stress is an important issue not only for the military, but equally for other high-risk professions such as the police and emergency services. This work provides a unique synthesis of a wide range of research, and clinical and personal experience, providing a coherent, integrated approach to the subject. Of particular use to mental health professionals, it will also be of interest to general readers of military and psychology books.

About this title

About the Author:

George Kearney is a colonel commandant of the Australian Army Psychology Corps and a former foundation deputy vice-chancellor at Griffith University. Mark Creamer is a director of the National Centre for Post-Traumatic Health and professor of psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. Anne Goyne is a clinical psychologist with the Defence Force Psychology Organization. Dr. Ric Marshall is the head of hospital services performance evaluation at the Victorian Department of Human Service and a former foundation national director of the Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service.

About this edition

• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0522850545
• ISBN 13: 9780522850543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92
• Editor: Kearney George, Creamer Mark, Goyne Ann, Marshall Ric