Stress, trauma, and decision-making for social workers
Social workers regularly make high-risk, high-impact decisions: determining that a child has been abused; that an individual may take their own life; or that someone with a history of violence poses harm to another. Cheryl Regehr explores the intersection between workplace stress, trauma exposure, a...
| Main Author: | Regehr, Cheryl, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
x, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Social workers regularly make high-risk, high-impact decisions: determining that a child has been abused; that an individual may take their own life; or that someone with a history of violence poses harm to another. Cheryl Regehr explores the intersection between workplace stress, trauma exposure, and professional decision-making, weaving together practice experience, research on the impact of stress and trauma in high-risk professions, and the empirical study of competence and decision-making. The book is critical reading for all social workers who engage in high-stakes decision-making, from those newly embarking on a career to expert practitioners. -- From back cover. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index. Introduction -- Stress and trauma in social work -- Factors contributing to trauma response -- Factors contributing to stress response -- Competence and expertise -- Decision-making -- Stress, trauma and decision-making -- Mitigating the effects of stress and trauma on decision-making -- Improving decision-making in situations of uncertainty. Social workers regularly make high-risk, high-impact decisions: determining that a child has been abused; that an individual may take their own life; or that someone with a history of violence poses harm to another. Cheryl Regehr explores the intersection between workplace stress, trauma exposure, and professional decision-making, weaving together practice experience, research on the impact of stress and trauma in high-risk professions, and the empirical study of competence and decision-making. The book is critical reading for all social workers who engage in high-stakes decision-making, from those newly embarking on a career to expert practitioners. -- From back cover. |
| Physical Description: |
x, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231180122 0231180128 9780231180139 0231180136 |