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| Psychology: Emergency personnel under constant stress Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:25 AM PST Except during times of crisis and emergency, the dedicated services provided by fire, police and emergency medical personnel are sometimes overlooked or taken for granted by the public. Physical and psychological stress often accompany the service provided by such professionals. Let's examine a few of the psychological stressors they face: Part of their work includes dealing with life-and-death scenarios. Their work can involve helping people resolve complicated, emotionally charged and threatening situations. They must stay alert during long periods of boredom and must perform their duties while exhausted and fatigued from lack of sleep. Shift work can further complicate the picture, as many of these service providers must modify their sleep cycles to meet the needs of round-the-clock coverage. While fighting a fire, rescuing someone from an automobile accident, trying to apprehend an armed suspect or dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters such as tornadoes and floods, the fight-or-flight response is experienced by first responders, as their lives can be threatened. The response produces stress hormones that result in elevated heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and emotional reactivity. This reaction often occurs over prolonged periods of time and can result in emotional and physical difficulties. Another source of stress is being away from home and on duty at night, weekends or for several days at a time. Shift work and absence from family routines may multiply the stress that these people are under. Finally, their pay, benefits and recognition are often too low and their workloads too high. Be thankful for the safety, security and service we receive each day from these heroes in our community. Hap LeCrone, a Cox News Service columnist, is a clinical psychologist. Write him at 4555 Lake Shore Dr., Waco, TX 76710; or send e-mail. hlecrone@aol.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:05 PM PST Pittsburgh, PA (Vocus/PRWEB) February 02, 2011 A recent study has shown that over 45% of people are unhappy or dissatisfied with their careers. While most individuals will do nothing to change this because their schedules won't afford them the time to seek new qualifications, a record number of people are pursuing an education online. Knowing this, The University Bound Network has proudly launched five new education connection websites, including the all new Psychology-School-Online.com, a one-of-a-kind website that aims to be the only unbiased resource for connecting prospective psychology students with the online psychology school that is perfect for their needs. Because many of the websites that claim to pair students with an online psychology degree use an advertorial system that favors the for-profit online psychology universities, the newly launched Psychology-School-Online.com is honored to stand alone as the only source for real information in the field. Through the use of totally unbiased and objective side-by-side comparison shopping tools, Psychology-School-Online.com is unlike any other as it aims to educate students on what they should look for in an online psychology degree, how to navigate the pitfalls of accreditation and financial aid and ultimately how to choose the best online psychology school to meet their specific goals. Best of all, these results are not weighted by for-profit advertising dollars; rather, they are qualified results with the student's best interest in mind. If you've always been a cerebral person – considerate, thoughtful, and quick to offer a measured opinion, an online degree in psychology may be right for you. The newly launched Psychology-School-Online.com is the only honest and unbiased comparison shopping tool of its kind that will help you find the online psychology program that is best suited to your goals. The University Bound Network is dedicated to providing potential online students with the information that they need to make informed, responsible educational decisions. We believe in the transformative power of online education, and in its burgeoning role as an effective and far-reaching teaching medium. # # # This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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