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...
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...
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