by saulroth | Aug 24, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: chrisinphilly5448, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Police officers are six times more likely to suffer from PTSD than the general public (Green, 2004). Thirteen percent of suburban police officers are found to be suffering from PTSD at any given...
by saulroth | Aug 17, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth There are conflicting views on PTSD. At some point in life, almost every person experiences loss. PTSD is thought to be a psychiatric condition by most experts...
by saulroth | Aug 10, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: André Gustavo Stumpf from Brasil, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth The American Psychological Association and the Association for the Chiefs of Police both have their own police psychological sections. The average police officer in his...
by saulroth | Aug 3, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Cocoaguy, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Furthermore, officers are constantly being exposed to dead bodies. There are many different scenarios whereby they may be exposed to dead bodies. Many times they respond to homes in which elderly...
by saulroth | Jul 27, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: KOMUnews, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Another study by Anshel et al. (1997) found that officers experiencing acute stress situations usually reappraised the incident. They usually attempted to perceive it in a more positive way in their...
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