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Title Aeromedical psychology / edited by Carrie H. Kennedy and Gary G. Kay
Published Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 363 pages :) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 A History of Aeromedical Psychology; 2 Assessment and Selection of Military Aviators and Astronauts; 3 Commercial Airline Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Selection; 4 Aviation Mental Health and the Psychological Examination; 5 Substance Abuse in Aviation: Clinical and Practical Implications; 6 US Military Standards and Aeromedical Waivers for Psychiatric Conditions and Treatments; 7 The Motivation to Fly and Fear of Flying; 8 Airsickness and Space Sickness; 9 Fatigue and Aviation; 10 Aviation Neuropsychology; 11 The Aging Aviator
12 Psychopharmacology in Aviation13 Aviation Disaster Crisis Management: Multidimensional Psychological Intervention; 14 Aviation Mishap Prevention and Investigations:The Expanding Role of Aviation Psychologists; 15 On Becoming an Aeromedical Psychologist; Index
Summary "Aeromedical Psychology provides the means for a variety of clinicians to carry out sound assessment and selection procedures, perform informed evaluations and make subsequent recommendations regarding flight status and treatment strategies geared to the aviation environment. To facilitate a dynamic understanding of the field, the book emphasizes an integration of applications and theory, case examples and research"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Aviation psychology.
Flight crews -- Psychology
Aerospace Medicine
Air Travel -- psychology
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
Aviation psychology
Flight crews -- Psychology
Form Electronic book
Author Kennedy, Carrie H
Kay, Gary G
LC no. 2012047567
ISBN 9780754675945
0754675947
1315565811
9781315565811
1317184904
9781317184904
1317184890
9781317184898