Anger at Work

Amy B. Adler, PhD, is a clinical research psychologist and senior scientist with the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. She studies stress and performance in high-risk occupations, focusing on training innovation in managing emotions within teams, optimizing leadership, and enhancing resilience. She also co-leads the U.S. Army amp rsquo s research on unit-level behavioral health, resilience, and readiness. Dr. Adler has extensive experience conducting research with operational units and spent more than 2 years working for the U.S. Army overseas. Her work has influenced training implementation across the army and in other nations as well. Besides serving as a U.S. representative to NATO research groups, Dr. Adler has published more than articles and chapters and coedited six books. She has also led the development of an array of knowledge and training products that are designed to support unit behavioral health under high-stress conditions. She serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from The Military Health Systems Research Symposium, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

David Forbes, PhD, is director of Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne. He is a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of mental health problems in trauma survivors, with a particular focus on anger and mental health in military, veteran, and high-risk populations. He led the development of the inaugural Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council, was vice chair of the International PTSD Guidelines, and was lead editor on the seminal Effective Treatments for PTSD, Third Edition (2 2 ). Dr. Forbes has a strong track record in the conduct of research in the areas of anger and trauma-related mental health across the lifespan. He is also a leading expert in the provision of policy and service development advice to government and agencies responsible for the care of those occupationally exposed to trauma and community members exposed to trauma and disaster, and the provision of training in evidence-based treatments for trauma-related disorders. He has published over 8 scientific papers and invited book chapters and sits on many Commonwealth government policy and scientific advisory panels and academic journal editorial boards. Visit https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-forbes-342a 93 / and follow Phoenix_Trauma.