Rev. Dr Mark Layson - Special Edition 4 for the Frontline Mental Health Conference 2026.
Presentation:
Preventing Organisational Betrayal and Moral Injury: Mitigating Psychosocial Risks of Organisational Injustice Through Just Cultures. (1100hrs 2 March 2026)
WARNING: This Episode discusses mental health themes.
This the fourth episode in a short special edition series where we hear from presenters of at the Frontline Mental Health Conference 2-3 March 2026 ( details here:
https://anzmh.asn.au/fmhc )
Mark is an interdisciplinary researcher and emergency manager who researches at the intersection of moral injury, trauma exposure, and psychosocial risk mitigation. He has developed leadership, organisational culture, and holistic staff support interventions to address the impacts of organisational betrayal. Alongside his research, since 1991 Mark has worked as a police officer, firefighter, ambulance chaplain, emergency manager, and consultant to emergency agencies across Australia. He facilitates training in research to practice models of leadership and organisational strategies for high risk organisations. He utilises biopsychosocial-spiritual framework to prevent moral injury, mitigate psychosocial risks, and provide pastoral care in disaster settings.
Mark's book:
Unexpected Poison - Betrayal and Moral Injury in your workplace will be available 26 March 2026:
https://www.routledge.com/Unexpected-Poison-Betrayal-and-Moral-Injury-in-Your-Workplace/Layson/p/book/9781032803067Research papers referred to in this episode on Mark's presentation topic:
The longer technical report is at:
https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/resource-library/whs-research/development-of-a-bpss-framework-for-preventing-stress-in-first-responders.pdf