Firefighter and Paramedic Burnout: The Survival Guide - The Role You Play

by Gerald Loren Fishkin Ph.D.

Overview

Firefighter and Paramedic Burnout was the first comprehensive book dealing with the recognition and treatment of burnout among firefighter and paramedic personnel. Today, this standard still serves to provide readers with a system of identification of early warning signs of excessive stress, its personal and social consequences, and interventions that have been proven to assist firefighters and their family members to return to a state of health and productivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624910791
Publisher:	Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Edition description:	1
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gerald Loren Fishkin, PhD, author, lecturer and psychotherapist, is an internationally recognized authority on stress and burnout. Dr. Fishkin holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. His theories are based not only on scientific fact and current research, but on his years of experience as a treating clinician. Dr. Fishkin has been in practice since 1970.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Dynamics of Firefighter Stress

Chapter 2 Dealing Effectively with Firefighter Stress

Chapter 3 Anxiety

Chapter 4 Depression

Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Crisis

Chapter 6 Firefighter Burnout

Chapter 7 Alcoholism and the Firefighter

Chapter 8 Organizational Contributions to Firefighter Stress

Chapter 9 Stress and Retirement

Interviews

 “This book is for the firefighter/paramedic under stress, and for his family members and peers. Administrators will gain a clearer perspective regarding symptoms of stress among subordinates as well as organizational factors which contribute to or exacerbate employee stress. Finally, therapists will benefit from an understanding of the firefighter’s/paramedic’s unusual work environment, its effect upon them and their families.”