According to Kates (2008), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious condition that is common among police officers and other first responders. PTSD can lead to depression, thoughts of suicide and suicide attempts, addictions, and eating disorders as well as job and family conflict. Common symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks, anger, concentration problems, emotional detachment, and avoidance of people and places. On average, this disorder will affect one out of three police officers. It is the belief of this author, that training must be implemented early to normalize PTSD. With training and positive support from administrators, officers will be more inclined to recognize signs of stress and trauma, and seek out treatment. It i...
Police officers are regularly exposed to traumatic critical incidents. The substantial mental, behav...
Police officers serve a vital role in our communities and face particularly acute trauma and stress ...
Police officers experience a significant number of traumatic events, or critical incidents, as a res...
Discusses the need for 2 and 5 year psychological assessment of police officers who have been involv...
Law enforcement agencies will benefit from implementing a critical incident stress management team. ...
Nearly one in every five officer has symptoms of PTSD according to the National Alliance on Mental I...
Excerpt from author\u27s book, “Issues in Policing and Requisite Challenges” (2016), ISBN-13: 978-15...
Discusses the importance of debriefing officers after a critical incident and making psychological s...
A personal construct model of traumatic stress reactions has been developed to predict the relations...
Police officers have a unique responsibility within the job. They must learn to cope with stress, ad...
Police officers are subject to stressors from traumatic incidents, day to day policing duties as we...
The role of coping in the association between stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not...
Law enforcement officers are placed in critical incident situations on a daily basis throughout the ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming more recognized among law enforcement officers aro...
Policestress has been examined in many studies, many of which have focused upon thedevelopment of pr...
Police officers are regularly exposed to traumatic critical incidents. The substantial mental, behav...
Police officers serve a vital role in our communities and face particularly acute trauma and stress ...
Police officers experience a significant number of traumatic events, or critical incidents, as a res...
Discusses the need for 2 and 5 year psychological assessment of police officers who have been involv...
Law enforcement agencies will benefit from implementing a critical incident stress management team. ...
Nearly one in every five officer has symptoms of PTSD according to the National Alliance on Mental I...
Excerpt from author\u27s book, “Issues in Policing and Requisite Challenges” (2016), ISBN-13: 978-15...
Discusses the importance of debriefing officers after a critical incident and making psychological s...
A personal construct model of traumatic stress reactions has been developed to predict the relations...
Police officers have a unique responsibility within the job. They must learn to cope with stress, ad...
Police officers are subject to stressors from traumatic incidents, day to day policing duties as we...
The role of coping in the association between stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not...
Law enforcement officers are placed in critical incident situations on a daily basis throughout the ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming more recognized among law enforcement officers aro...
Policestress has been examined in many studies, many of which have focused upon thedevelopment of pr...
Police officers are regularly exposed to traumatic critical incidents. The substantial mental, behav...
Police officers serve a vital role in our communities and face particularly acute trauma and stress ...
Police officers experience a significant number of traumatic events, or critical incidents, as a res...