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Nevertheless, a more structured and time-efficient system was needed in order to introduce such an approach to the whole workforce. It was around this time that two of the current authors published an article in the RoSPA journal, entitled, A fatal inversion (Makin and Sutherland, 1991). The authors described the weaknesses inherent in the traditional approaches to safety improvement and the underlying theory of a behaviour-based approach. As a result of this, and after several meetings, it was agreed that it would be appropriate to involve the UMIST team of occupational psychologists in a safety improvement initiative for the company and that the focus would be on ... 

Meanwhile, a Regular Army lieutenant colonel was now chief of the recently established Psychology Department. He boldly competed for turf with our Clinical Research Department. Some psychologists even tried to preempt occupancy of newly installed padded rooms by simply moving into them, like prospectors staking claims. 

A unique complication of tube feedings in children, especially in the first year of life, is the development of feeding disorders due to oral hypersensitivity, poor oral/motor skills, and food aversion. In these children, transitioning from tube to oral nutrition is often difficult and protracted. The involvement of an occupational or speech therapist, behavioral psychologist, or other trained individual, as well as perseverance by the family often is necessary to improve oral intake. Avoidance of a strict nothing by mouth (NPO) status, if possible, and oral stimulation programs for those children who must remain NPO are recommended to avoid this complication. " ... 

Cooper, C. L. (1986). Job distress Recent research and the emerging role of the occupational clinical psychologist. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society 39 325-31. 

Levi, L. (1990). Occupational stress Spice of life or kiss of death American Psychologist 45 1142-5. 

This book will be of huge benefit to clinical and organizational psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health workers, counsellors and anyone else involved in treating occupational stress. It will also have much to offer those who manage people suffering from stress, human resource workers and those who are experiencing work-related stress. 

Reason s book was written for cognitive psychologists, human factors professionals, safety managers, and reliability engineers. His definition covers all the bases, but is not quite as specific as is needed in the occupational setting. 

The modern approach to occupational health and safety is much broader and more inclusive. Teams are multidisciplinary and address mental and social needs of workers in addition to their physical needs. Teams may include a physician, nurse, social worker, psychologist, occupational hygienist, and toxicologist. Programs on topics such as stress management... 

Rehabilitation hospitals admit VAIs who require therapy before reentering the community. They must be able to participate in three hours or more of physical therapy per day. Most admissions are from acute care hospitals (85%), and the mean length of stay is approximately 30 days. Many patients (20%) are discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) (30). Patients participate actively, with minimum restrictions and maximum therapy by the multidisciplinary team that often includes physical, occupational, and respiratory therapist, prosthetist-orthotist, rehabilitation nurse, speech pathologist, psychologist, social worker, and vocational counselor (31). 

From the beginning of mankind, safety seems to have been an inherent human genetic element or force. The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi states that if a house falls on its occupants and kills them, the builder shall be put to death. The Bible established a set of rules for eating certain foods, primarily because these foods were not always safe to eat, given the sanitary conditions of the day. In 1943, the psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a five-level hierarchy of basic human needs, and safety was number two on this list. System safety is a specialized and formalized extension of our inherent drive for safety. 

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