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 new 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.
Author(s): Robert Bor, Todd Hubbard
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 353
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 20
1 Aviation Mental Health: An Introduction......Page 24
PART 1: Psychological Issues of Flight and Cabin Crew......Page 34
2 Psychological Stress and Air Travel: An Overview of Psychological Stress Affecting Airline Passengers......Page 36
3 Psychological Factors Relating to Physical Health Issues: How Physical Factors in Aviation and Travel Affect Psychological Functioning......Page 50
4 Psychological Problems Among Passengers and On-Board Psychiatric Emergencies......Page 62
5 The Nature, Characteristics, Impact, and Personal Implications of Fear of Flying......Page 76
6 Flight or Fright? Psychological Approaches to the Treatment of Fear of Flying......Page 92
7 Posttraumatic Stress Reactions Following Aircraft Disasters......Page 106
PART 2: Psychological Processes Among Passengers and Crew......Page 128
8 Psychiatric Disorders and Syndromes Among Pilots......Page 130
9 The Psychiatric Evaluation of Air Crew......Page 150
10 Psychological Assessment and Reporting of Crew Mental Health......Page 168
11 Psychological Factors in Cockpit Crew Selection......Page 184
12 Psychological Aspects of Selection of Flight Attendants......Page 218
13 How Cabin Crew Cope with Work Stress......Page 232
14 Psychological Problems Among Cabin Crew......Page 250
PART 3: Related Themes in Aviation......Page 264
15 Psychological Aspects of Astronaut Selection......Page 266
16 Occupational Factors in Pilot Mental Health: Sleep Loss, Jet Lag, and Shift Work......Page 278
17 Legal Aspects of Aviation Health: The Changing Landscape......Page 308
18 Aviation Psychology in a Developing Country: South Africa......Page 326
19 How We Explain Misfortune: Psychological Implications for Mental Health in Aviation Professionals......Page 338
Epilogue......Page 358
A......Page 360
C......Page 362
D......Page 364
E......Page 365
G......Page 366
I......Page 367
M......Page 368
P......Page 370
R......Page 372
S......Page 373
V......Page 375
Z......Page 376
