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Stress and vicarious trauma
Australia’s first research measuring judicial stress
C Schrever
Why the research was undertaken
Key findings of the first report
What the research means and doesn’t mean
In a nutshell
Judicial stress and judicial bullying
The Honourable Mr M Kirby AC CMG
Judges subject to stress
The unmentionable subject
Judges occasioning stress
Responses to judicial bullying
Lifting the judicial veil — vicarious trauma, PTSD and the judiciary
Mr D Heilpern
Introduction
Perspectives on trauma
Mental conditions and the judiciary
My story
Random reflections
Conclusion
Reading list
Identifying and combatting judicial stress
Mr P Harvey
Background
References
Other Readings
The psychological impact of judicial work
C Schrever, Associate Professor C Hulbert and Professor T Sourdin
Introduction
Methodology
The survey
Analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
A fragile bastion: UNSW judicial traumatic stress study
J Hunter, R Kemp, K O’Sullivan and P Vines
Introduction
The UNSW Study
Methodology of the UNSW Study
Survey responses and findings
The three trauma incident variables summarised
Conclusions
Introducing solutions for maintaining positive psychological health: the judicial wellbeing portal
E Kennedy
Further references on stress and vicarious trauma