by saulroth | Jul 22, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Tony Webster from San Francisco, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Fight or flight responses are not healthy in police work. The reason is the body does not actually act on most of these reactions. The officer cannot run from...
by saulroth | Jul 19, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Nick.Allen, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth There are two types of psychosocial stress. There is acute stress that comes from an immediate event that only lasts for a short time. This would be what a police officer experiences when involved...
by saulroth | Jul 6, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Shay Sowden, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth As previously shown, studies of police stress are conducted around the world. Departments everywhere seem to experience the same types of stress for their officers. A study in Turkey explains the...
by saulroth | Jun 29, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth Violanti (2008) published another study on police suicide ideation. This study was conducted in a mid-size U.S. police department of 930 officers in 1999. The sample included officers of different...
by saulroth | Jun 22, 2021 | Police Suicide
Image Credit: Pixabay By Saul Roth This study found adults with stressful domestic difficulties, financial problems, legal circumstances, and serious health conditions or more likely than others to contemplate suicide. The victim usually experiences these problems...
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