Differences in Suicidality in Non-Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-Seeking Law Enforcement Officers: A Cross-sectional Study.
| Autor: | Ponder WN; From the Director of Outcomes and Evaluation, One Tribe Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas (Dr Ponder); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, & Environmental Sciences, Graduate Research Assistant-Doctoral, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, Texas (Mrs Beauchamp, Dr Jetelina); Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington (Dr Schuman); Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (Dr Carbajal); McGarrahan & Associates, Dallas, Texas (Dr Galusha)., Beauchamp AM, Schuman DL, Carbajal J, Jetelina KK, Galusha JM |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2022 Sep 01; Vol. 64 (9), pp. 797-801. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 27. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002618 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are exposed to high levels of occupational trauma and face added stress from heightened public scrutiny and COVID-19, which may result in suicide. It is crucial to understand differences between LEOs who seek treatment and those who do not. Method: We compared LEOs from the same greater metropolitan area who sought treatment with those who did not. Participants completed validated measures assessing posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Results: The treatment-seeking sample scores were higher on all standardized assessments. Bivariate logistic regression results indicated that the non-treatment-seeking sample's odds of experiencing suicidality were 1.76 times the odds for the treatment seeking sample. Conclusions: This suggests that many LEOs experiencing suicidality may not be seeking treatment and highlights the role that posttraumatic stress disorder may play in determining whether LEOs seek treatment or not. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: None declared. (Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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