Hi Surendra
Anything you can do to help people in aviation better cope with their
environment and reduce stress is useful. Have a look at Jo anne's excellent
summary of the evolution of CISManagement. Also I would suggest you check
out some of the research on the efficacy of programs that she has mentioned.
To justify the costs, ongoing training of peer supporters etc. I have had to
be accountable to the management of the organisation in the end. That is,
they want measurable outcomes, they want to know that the organisation is
going to be better off commercially as a result of this outlay. The program
you `buy in' if thats what you eventually decide to do ie. use consultants
etc. needs to have a clear evaluation process that is locked into your
organisations outcomes.
There is a risk that the program will fall over in the end without this
in place.
Ill send you some stuff on the PTSD as it pertains to airline personnel later.
Have a good one
Kerry
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>Post Trauma Stress
>Since I started this thread, let me jump in.
>Stress levels definitely affect cockpit behavior, and by extension, CRM needs.
>Most pilots know of a friend or colleague who has suffered due to an
>incident in the past. (To be fair there are some who have survived
>seemingly unscathed as well.)
>When I started this initiative I assumed that there was something we could
>do to minimize the effects. Mimi Tompkins (Aloha 737 pop-top) seems to
>agree, as well as ALPA, SWAPA and most airlines.
>So Kerry, please justify that comment. I'd love to save myself the time and
>my employer the money, if PTSD is somehow inevitable.
>Cheers,
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>At 09:34 AM 3/3/98 +0000, you wrote:
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>>Kerry Douglas wrote:
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>>>Now for something quite controversial -- PTSD is very rarely found in
>>>people that dont already have a personality disorder of some kind, and for
>>>those prone - regardless of the psychological intervention, they will still
>>>get PTSD.
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>>You're not kidding when you say controversial. I think it would help those
>>of us who are not trained clinical psychologists if you could define what
>>you mean by personality disorder, and perhaps give us some examples. Two
>>other things: are you saying that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is
>>somehow heritable? And (I may have missed this earlier in the discussion)
>>does your peer counseling address those with some stress but not PTSD, and
>>how do untrained people discern the difference.
>>It's an interesting topic I would like to hear more.
>>
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>Surendra Ratwatte
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