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2019 | 10min 34sec | CC This program details the immediate physiological processes of fight or flight responses, as well as the stages of General Adaptive Syndrome (GAS). The negative effects of prolonged stress on the body are also explored.
2019 | 10min 35sec | CC This program explores the benefits and costs of two widely recognized strategies: Avoidance and Approach. Additional strategies of social support, exercise, drug therapy and biofeedback are also discussed.
2006 | 45min | CC In this program, an immunologist, a psychiatrist, and a mental skills coach lay bare the symptoms of chronic stress, the negative impact on the body of continual exposure to adrenalin and cortisol, and biological and psychological factors that influence vulnerability to overstressing.
2006 | 45min | CC This program sheds much-needed light on vulnerability to depression, the subtle symptoms of the disease, and treatments involving psychotherapy and antidepressants such as SSRIs.
2006 | 47min | CC This program explains how and why this happens as it examines the physiology and psychology of anxiety, its symptoms, its highly maladaptive consequences, and treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy.
2017 | 43min 44sec | CC Promising new discoveries raise key questions about the faultlines of fear and memory, and the roles geography and early development may play in predicting personal responses to trauma.
2017 | 43min 44sec | CC Promising new discoveries raise key questions about the faultlines of fear and memory, and the roles geography and early development may play in predicting personal responses to trauma.
2016 | 8min 19sec | CC Traffic stops can be a "high stakes" encounter. Drivers and police officers have felt rising tension over what may happen after cops pull drivers over.
Ken Barker was a retired RCMP officer who had suffered with PTSD for many years killed himself. Mr. Barker's wife, Shari, says it's time for first responders to get the support and help they need.
2014 | 18min 24sec | CC More than 100 Canadian soldiers have taken their lives due to PTSD and people are calling on the military to do more to help people suffering from it.
2017 | 12min 24sec | CC Jim Lowther, who served in the Canadian Army, launched VETS Canada – a network of dedicated volunteers, many PTSD sufferers themselves – who help former soldiers in crisis.
2019 | 1h 29min | CC A panel discussion featured experts in the field of Veterans Response Teams, specialized law enforcement units that are trained to deescalate situations involving veterans in crisis due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other services-related injuries
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Explores the challenges experienced by police officers, look at how they cope with them, and draw lessons for those undertaking leadership roles more generally.
An advanced, specialized guide for clinicians to responsibly treat complex post-traumatic stress and grief syndromes in the context of the unique varieties of police personality styles.
Demonstrates how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers
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