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Anxiety-related psychopathology and chronic pain comorbidity among public safety personnel
(Elsevier, 2018-03-28)Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional service officers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) regularly experience potentially traumatic, painful, and injurious events. Such exposures ... -
Assessing Relative Stressors and Mental Disorders among Canadian Provincial Correctional Workers
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-09-23)In the current study, we quantified the mean stress levels of 43 occupational stressors for 868 Correctional Workers (CWs) and analyzed the relationships between occupational stressors, exposure to potentially psychologically ... -
Assessing the impact of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) protocol and Emotional Resilience Skills Training (ERST) among diverse public safety personnel
(BMC, 2022-12-09)Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., border services personnel, correctional workers, firefighters, paramedics, police, public safety communicators) are frequently exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events. ... -
Assessing the Perceptions and Impact of Critical Incident Stress Management Peer Support among Firefighters and Paramedics in Canada
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-04-20)Relative to the general population, public safety personnel (PSP) appear at an increased risk of developing mental health challenges as a result of repeated exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs). ... -
Assessing the Relative Impact of Diverse Stressors among Canadian Coast Guard and Conservation and Protection Officers
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-12-07)Public Safety Personnel (PSP), including members of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and Conservation and Protection (C&P) officers, are regularly exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs) and other ... -
Assessing the Relative Impact of Diverse Stressors Among Public Safety Personnel
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-02-14)Public Safety Personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers and officers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and public safety communications officials (e.g., call center operators/dispatchers)) are regularly exposed ... -
Associations Between Trauma Exposure and Physical Health Conditions Among Public Safety Personnel.
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Brief mental health disorder screening questionnaires and use with public safety personnel: A review
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-03)Brief mental health disorder screening questionnaires (SQs) are used by psychiatrists, physicians, researchers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals and may provide an efficient method to guide clinicians ... -
Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP) and Occupational Stressors: How PSP Interpret Stressors on Duty
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-07-01)Canadian public safety personnel (e.g., correctional workers, firefighters) experience potential stressors as a function of their occupation. Occupational stressors can include organizational (e.g., job context) and ... -
CCWORK Protocol: The longitudinal study of Canadian Correctional Workers’ Wellbeing, Organizations, Roles and Knowledge
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-26)Introduction Knowledge about the factors that contribute to the correctional officer’s (CO) mental health and well-being, or best practices for improving the mental health and well-being of COs, have been hampered by the ... -
Chronic pain among public safety personnel in Canada
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2017-12-18)Chronic pain is highly prevalent in the general population and may be even higheramong public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional officers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics,police). Comprehensive data on chronic ... -
Compromised Conscience: A Scoping Review of Moral Injury Among Firefighters, Paramedics, and Police Officers
(Frontiers Media, 2021-03-31)Background: Public Safety Personnel (e.g., firefighters, paramedics, and police officers) are routinely exposed to human suffering and need to make quick, morally challenging decisions. Such decisions can affect their ... -
Correctional Work: Reflections Regarding Suicide
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-17)The Public Health Agency of Canada declared suicide a public health problem in Canada (2016). Employees working in correctional services, researchers find, experience high rates of life-time suicidal ideation in comparison ... -
A Correlational Analysis of the Relationships among Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety Sensitivity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Insomnia Symptoms
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-09-05)In this study, we used structural equation modeling to investigate the interplay among Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), Anxiety Sensitivity (AS), and sleep problems. Three hundred undergraduate students completed the ... -
CV Carleton July 10 2022
(2022-07-10)Curriculum Vitae for R. Nicholas Carleton as of July 10, 2022. Produced for the Canada Gairdner Momentum Award submission. -
Demographic and cognitive risk factors for police mental disorder symptoms
(SAGE Publications, 2019-12-17)The current study was designed to assess whether cognitive risk factors (i.e. anxiety sensitivity (AS), intolerance of uncertainty (IU)) explained variance in mental disorder symptoms in Canadian police officers beyond ... -
Differences in Mental Health, Help-Seeking, and Barriers to Care between Civilians and Sworn Members Working in Law Enforcement: A Research Note.
(Springer, 2021-02-27)Recent Canadian research indicates 44.5% of public safety personnel (PSP) self-report symptoms consistent with at least one type of mental disorder; however, researchers have typically not focused on the mental wellness ... -
Evaluation of Before Operational Stress (BOS): A program to support mental health and proactive psychological protection in public safety personnel.
(Frontiers Media, 2021-08-17)Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., communications officials, corrections workers, firefighters, paramedics, and police officers) are at risk of developing mental health problems due to experiencing potentially psychologically ... -
Examining Changes in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Substance Use Among a Sample of Canadian Veterans Working with Service Dogs: An Exploratory Patient- Oriented Longitudinal Study
(VT Publishing, 2021-02-08)Comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use (SU) is a growing health concern among Canadian veterans. Veterans are increasingly seeking symptom relief for PTSD and comorbid SU by engaging service dogs ... -
Examining mental health knowledge, stigma, and service use intentions among public safety personnel
(Frontiers Media, 2020-05-29)Introduction: Public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., communications officials [e.g., 911 call center operators/dispatchers], correctional service employees, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) experience an elevated ...
