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Gaslighting
by M. D. Tophus

This publication includes concentration upon the personal, familial, parental, friendship, based gaslighting causes and impacts. So too, with regards to workplace settings, and healthcare environments. Profiling gaslighters, indicators, and effects, assessment measures, pertinent case scenarios, and coping strategies, are also of focus.

A newly created 5 victims’ stages of the gaslighting process, is incorporated.

A comprehensive array of questions provides re-affirmation of the information provided.

The Gaslighting Victims’ Questionnaire (GVQ) and GVQ- Short form has also been created, integrating the 5 victims’ stages of gaslighting.

Who is this colleague?: Dangers of the Healthcare Profession, and beyond. An Interview Guide for Recruitment, Performance Appraisal, and Post-Adverse Events
by M. D. Tophus

Although, a controversial issue, which has not been braced in the mainstream, the idea of recruiting/employing healthcare professionals without due deliberation during the assessment process, is a highly trepidatious endeavour.

Likewise, the employed healthcare worker who presents with avoidable and perilous clinical dysfunctionality.

Intentional wrongdoing can result in adverse events, or serious medical errors.

That is, resultant healthcare induced morbidity, or mortality, which could very well have been circumvented.

This Interview Guide’s categories, and sets of questions, incorporate the following assessable elements, including: impulse control; anger management; narcissism/grandiose delusions; compulsive lying; callous disregard; dangerous clinical decision making- against basic protocol; functioning purely on perverse incentives; extrinsic versus intrinsic motivations.

Two supporting scenarios are provided for the reader’s convenience.

And much, much more....

Think on Your Feet: Those Who Can. For the Consummate Healthcare Professional
by M. D. Tophus

Written from both the healthcare worker and the patient perspective, this guidebook contains exemplifications of significant critical incident subgroups, controversial activities, explorative insights, and case by case synopses.

The 60 second rounds, for their brevity, are useful for in-services/on-ward training; the significant critical incident subgroups, and examination of controversial activities, can be prioritised into levels of importance and may be used in a singular sitting, or in multiples.

The contents include the following: definition; summary of concerns; case synopses; patient factors; healthcare professional factors; timed responses; discussion; questions; and, prioritisations.

Exposing Glibness in Psychopathy
by M. D. Tophus

This publication comprises a thorough explanation of glibness/ psychopathy, a subject of which has not been tackled in the mainstream.

It incorporates the indicators of glibness/psychopathy; how glibness is of such focussed importance; glibness and its direct relationship with psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder; childhood, adolescence, and adulthood (including profiling for each) glibness/psychopathy; workplace glibness (psychopathy); and, assessment of glibness/psychopathy.

A comprehensive set of questions feature at the end of the publication in order to facilitate the reader, as necessarily inclusive.

The A to Z of Workplace Bullying: For the Healthcare Professional and Beyond
by M. D. Tophus

Bullying is an overused word, in modern day language, and thus is often reduced in intensity of meaning.

For many, it is substantial, real and with everlasting deleterious affects.

To negotiate bullying behaviors is a task in itself. For those without the experience of such, they do not truly know the impacts.

Workplace bullying, especially in the healthcare sector, is not just consequential for the healthcare worker, but for their team, their facility, and for their patients.

This publication covers the A to Z, literally, of the primary bullying modes and styles.

It is aimed at informing for correct identification, classification, and comprehension, of bullying in (the workplace) all its forms.

It can also be used as a supportive resource for those currently, or historically, who experience such stressors.

In addition to covering bullying, it examines multiple aspects of the dangers encountered by treating patients who assault, harrass, and, intimidate.

The Psychological Impacts of Labelling and Failure to diagnose
by M. D. Tophus

This publication provides comprehensive exploration of labelling, from: defamation (slander and libel); derivation of enjoyment (schadenfreude, projected blame, incentivised hatred, addictive vilification, and multiple other categories) through to ethical healthcare and patient effects.

The failure to diagnose the reasons and impacts of labelling is examined on 3 primary levels.

Questions are provided for further clarification of the information provided.

Trauma United, Life Defined. A Healthcare Tool for Professionals Across the Globe
by M. D. Tophus

This publication deals specifically with: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD); healthcare providers’ Second Victim Syndrome (SVS); Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD).

That is, from diagnosis through to assessment, treatment, risk, resource and support accessability, worst case situations, and the involvement of police, and emergency personnel.

D.V.; Sexual Assault; Gang violence; Medical error and Critical incidents, are just some of the topics for examination in the assessment section of this publication.

The Controversy of the Remorseless and Unempathic Healthcare Worker
by M. D. Tophus

This publication examines the resourcefulness of the remorseless and unempathic healthcare professional, their capabilities of endangering others, the significance of their existence within the healthcare field, assessment processes, and the impacts upon patients and healthcare colleagues, alike.

Burnout in Healthcare
by M. D. Tophus

The consequences of emotional and physical exhaustion overshadow the healthcare professional’s capacity for healthy occupational functioning, creating a haze which feels impenetrable and irreparable.

This publication covers burnout: symptoms; warning signs; repercussions; assessment; leadership and occupational departments; recovery; preventative measures; healthcare systems; weaponisation of; and, differential diagnoses.

It also includes test questions incorporating the key factors explored throughout this book.

Attitudinal and Personality Traits in the Individual and Healthcare
by M. D. Tophus

This publication incorporates inner self, core personality traits, and attitudinal traits, examination of ethical stances, personality assessment, traits and expectations of healthcare workers, personality disorders, and developmental psychology, which is relevant for all walks of life.

It also includes healthcare in the main, and analysis of healthcare workers’ attitudes.

It is written from a psychological perspective, but integrates sociological understandings.

A comprehensive set of questions, is inclusive.

The Unfortunate Healthcare Treater, The Hapless Healthcare Therapist: Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorder clients. THE GRIT by M. D. Tophus

This publication deals with the risks to the healthcare treater/therapist, and tackles the concept of protective measures necessary to reduce negative impact upon the healthcare service provider.

Emphasis is given to the ‘do’s’ and ‘don’t’s’ whether one is working in the healthcare treatment, or therapeutic, arena (with narcissistic and borderline personality clients).

It is written in the context of differential diagnosis which so often occurs in diagnosis of personality disorders, but in particular the two of focus.

There are commonalities between the two disorders- and thus, the guidance provided in this publication embraces this.

They both pose similar issues for the treater/therapist. For instance, the feeling of helplessness that: 1/ one may not be able to undertake successful treatment of such a complexified client; and, 2/ the therapist/treater is at risk of the client’s capacity for toxicity.

Reflective Thinking: the True Healthcare Tool
by M. D. Tophus

For students, leaders and seasoned healthcare professionals, alike, this publication comprehensively examines the ‘ins and outs’ of the reflective process: from historical influences; anti-reflection; advantages for healthcare workers; cost benefits; patient considerations; and, testing.

Reasonable Resilience in Workplaces and Healthcare Work
by M. D. Tophus

Resilience is foremost, individual and personal. It involves stamina and adaptability.

Resilience is frequently used and abused to manipulate, justify, and normalise often very unreasonable demands in workplaces, including healthcare environments.

This publication incorporates reasonable resilience: definitions; in workplaces; in the healthcare system; challenges in individual healthcare fields; law enforcement and emergency services; assessment processes; exemplifications; enhancement methods and activities; and questions.

It is written with the intention of assisting increased comprehension of resilience which is reasonable, effective, and do-able within workers, healthcare professionals and affiliated professions, whilst remaining relevant to the readers of all walks of life.

The Gaslighting Victims’ Questionnaire (GVQ) and GVQ- Short form
by M. D. Tophus

The Gaslighting Victims’ Questionnaire (GVQ), and the Gaslighting Victims’ Questionnaire- Short form (GVQ- Short form), integrates areas of gaslighting abuse identification: exploitation of trust; manipulation and control; creation of doubt in the victim; isolation; hostage taking like symptoms; interrogation; brainwashing; threats and fear-mongering; splitting; labelling; luring; debasement; toxicity; abandonment issues; and so forth.

Symptoms of gaslighting impact include coverage of: hopelessness; (learned) helplessness; anxiety; depression; mental and physical exhaustion; moral injury; intrusive cognitions; trauma, and more.

Guidelines and recommendations are incorporated, for both scales, to assist the assessor.

The GVQ, and the GVQ- Short form, is based on M. D. Tophus’ 5 Gaslighting Victims’ Stages- as featured in the book: ‘Gaslighting’ (by M. D. Tophus).

These are: GHFSA: Grooming; Hostage to cruelty; Fragmentation; revelationary Shock; and, Aftermath.

Magical Thinking Assessment Scale for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (MTAS-PTSD) by M. D. Tophus

The M. D. Tophus’ Magical Thinking Assessment Scale for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (MTAS-PTSD) incorporates 2 sections: a brief structured interview (section 1); and, a 50-item rating scale (section 2).

The 50-item rating scale has 3 subscales: Indirect; Direct; and, Induced, magical thinking.

The MTAS-PTSD comprehensively assesses magical thinking in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; and other related Trauma disorders.

Guidelines and recommendations are included to assist the assessor.

Victims of Crime: Introduction to Forensic Challenges in Healthcare
by M. D. Tophus

This publication introduces the concepts of forensic thinking, process, and implementation, to a wide variety of realistic applications in healthcare service provision.

It includes guidance, prompts, exemplifications for review, considerations, initial profiling, discussion requiring direct response, along with specific questions for research, and for application directly to departmental/private functionality realms.

In a nutshell: explanation, explication, exemplification, and direct questioning, forensically, regarding victims of crime presenting to healthcare professionals.

Exercising Quality in Healthcare Service Provision: A Complex Care Workbook for All Healthcare Professionals
by M. D. Tophus

This quality and safety based Workbook presents scenarios encompassing medico-legal; ethics; best practice clinical care; professional healthcare challenges; conscientious objection; data compromisation; adverse events; critical incidents; professional misconduct; open disclosure; whistleblowing; medical negligence/malpractice; duty of care; e-health; healthcare specialisations; public and private healthcare relevance; socio-cultural heritage issues; and, well-being of healthcare workers when faced with attitudinal and behavioral traits from patients and professionals alike.

It is written for: singular usage; one to one; and, small or large groups.

The Workbook is a healthcare profession tool to facilitate formal and informal training, discussion, professional reflection, facilitating management needs, and workshops.

And much, much, more....

The author has over 25 years of clinical experience in the healthcare field (including healthcare education).

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