Anxiety at 35,000 Feet: An Introduction to Clinical Aerospace Psychology

by Robert Bor

Overview

This book covers the mental health and psychology of pilots, including the psychological requirements for certification, environmental challenges, psychological problems among air crew, the effects of disruption to personal relationships, alcohol and drug misuse, and pilot reactions to accidents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855759657
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/2004
Series:	The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brett Kahr is Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London. He is the Chair of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, and an Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Arts at Roehampton University.

Robert Bor is a clinical, counselling and health psychologist as well as a family therapist who works extensively within the airline industry, consulting to air crew, airline employees and airline passengers. He is Honorary Visiting Professor on the City University, London postgraduate programme in Air Transport Management and also teaches on the Royal Free and University College London Medical School MSc in Travel Health. He is author of numerous books and papers on related topics and is frequently interviewed by the media on topics related to aviation and travel psychology. He is also a pilot and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword — Foreword — Towards the development of clinical aerospace psychology — Understanding passenger behaviour — The mental health of pilots — The psychodynamics of travel phobia: a contribution to clinical aerospace psychology — Clinical aerospace psychology in the future: a dialogue