ABSTRACT
This chapter will outline the need to provide resources which address the mental health resources and strategies necessary for frontline workers and the organizations for whom they work to maintain and promote their mental health and buffer against the potential for mental ill-health. It will discuss and define the core concepts that are woven throughout this text, specifically trauma, resilience, and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Important theoretical models such as salutogenesis, and conceptual challenges will be introduced. The benefits of proactive education and support strategies will be highlighted and are discussed in detail in the following chapter, and again, throughout the text. The chapter then provides an outline of principles which inform the basis of the text and the way in which the text is structured.
