Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink

Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink is Dr. Bob Larsen's first book intended for an audience of folks who have worked or are still working. The book recounts the stories of America's workforce subjected to physical and psychological trauma for doing their jobs. Tales from the trenches, of workers tormented by ill fortune, both natural and man-made, is the book's focus. A bank teller robbed one too many times, a paramedic who cannot save his own father's life, a prostitute who becomes an advocate for sex workers and other unfortunate employees find themselves sent to Dr. Bob.

Wounded Workers will grab your attention while experiencing the human response to horrific, yet common critical incidents. Clinical terminology is minimized. You won't need a medical degree to understand what these workers go through. Dr. Bob's personal journey as a working-class kid who becomes a scientist, physician and professor is intertwined with the dynamics of victimization, recovery, and advocacy. Readers will be exposed to stories of workers subjected to shootings, amputations, sexual assaults and healthcare-induced disability. Readers will relate to the plight, courage and persistence of victims who could be your neighbor, friend, family member or co-worker. You will be glued to the couch while turning pages.







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Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink

Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink is Dr. Bob Larsen's first book intended for an audience of folks who have worked or are still working. The book recounts the stories of America's workforce subjected to physical and psychological trauma for doing their jobs. Tales from the trenches, of workers tormented by ill fortune, both natural and man-made, is the book's focus. A bank teller robbed one too many times, a paramedic who cannot save his own father's life, a prostitute who becomes an advocate for sex workers and other unfortunate employees find themselves sent to Dr. Bob.

Wounded Workers will grab your attention while experiencing the human response to horrific, yet common critical incidents. Clinical terminology is minimized. You won't need a medical degree to understand what these workers go through. Dr. Bob's personal journey as a working-class kid who becomes a scientist, physician and professor is intertwined with the dynamics of victimization, recovery, and advocacy. Readers will be exposed to stories of workers subjected to shootings, amputations, sexual assaults and healthcare-induced disability. Readers will relate to the plight, courage and persistence of victims who could be your neighbor, friend, family member or co-worker. You will be glued to the couch while turning pages.







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Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink

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Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink

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Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink is Dr. Bob Larsen's first book intended for an audience of folks who have worked or are still working. The book recounts the stories of America's workforce subjected to physical and psychological trauma for doing their jobs. Tales from the trenches, of workers tormented by ill fortune, both natural and man-made, is the book's focus. A bank teller robbed one too many times, a paramedic who cannot save his own father's life, a prostitute who becomes an advocate for sex workers and other unfortunate employees find themselves sent to Dr. Bob.

Wounded Workers will grab your attention while experiencing the human response to horrific, yet common critical incidents. Clinical terminology is minimized. You won't need a medical degree to understand what these workers go through. Dr. Bob's personal journey as a working-class kid who becomes a scientist, physician and professor is intertwined with the dynamics of victimization, recovery, and advocacy. Readers will be exposed to stories of workers subjected to shootings, amputations, sexual assaults and healthcare-induced disability. Readers will relate to the plight, courage and persistence of victims who could be your neighbor, friend, family member or co-worker. You will be glued to the couch while turning pages.








Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781734817522
Publisher: Working Man's Press
Publication date: 06/04/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 297
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Dr. Bob Larsen is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Bob has taught forensic psychiatry to trainees with an emphasis on clinical presentations in the workplace. Over a career of more than three dozen years Dr. Bob has treated and evaluated thousands of injured workers. His presentations and publications to clinicians and the general public encompass the subjects of job stress, PTSD, emotional resilience, delayed recovery, harassment, and workplace violence. Wounded Workers: Tales from a Working Man's Shrink is Dr. Bob's first book intended for professionals and the general public.
Anne Hillerman is a N.Y. Times bestselling author who follows in her father's footsteps in publishing crime thrillers based in America's Southwest. She graciously composed the Foreword to Wounded Workers after reviewing an earlier version.
Jim Wagner left a career in the newspaper industry to become an editor of others written works. He works with authors and frequently with undergraduate and graduate students at the University of New Mexico. Mr. Wagner is working on a nonfiction historical book involving armed conflict in the Southwest.

Table of Contents

PRAISES for WOUNDED WORKERS

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

List of Photographs

Privacy Statement

1 Because That's Where the Money Is

2 Why Occupational Psychiatry?

3 Double Doors

4 Slapping Therapy

5 House Calls

6 What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger

7 The Psychological Autopsy

8 Burn, Baby, Burn

9 9/11

10 Better Living Through Chemistry: Really?

11 We Call You the 'Hammer'

12 Is He Believable?

13 Mentors Make a Difference

14 Of Course, It's Personal

15 Role Models in the Medical Arena

16 Loss of a Limb

17 I Am Unlovable

18 Character: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

19 The National Pastime

20 Psychiatrists Are Also Real Doctors

21 Raped with a Gun

22 On Being Chubby

23 We Have a Problem with Guns

24 Old Friends

25 Psychological Testing

26 It Comes Down to Politics

27 Fit for Duty

28 Grieving the Loss

29 We Don't Work Alone

30 Insurance Companies Are Not Our Friends

31 Who Will Be Your Advocate?

32 The Value of Psychotherapy

33 Lulus

34 Job Title: Killer

35 Overcoming Victimization

36 Giving Back

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Additional Thoughts

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