Public Safety Personnel's interpretations of potentially traumatic events

Date

2020-02-10

Authors

Ricciardelli, Rosemary
Czarnuch, Stephen
Afifi, Tracie, O.
Taillieu, Tamara
Carleton, R. Nicholas

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Background

Many public safety personnel (PSP) experience trauma directly or indirectly in their occupational role, yet there remain barriers to accessing care or seeking help.

Description

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

Barriers to treatment, mental health, public safety personnel, traumatic events

Citation

Ricciardelli, R., Czarnuch, S., Afifi, T. O., Taillieu, T., & Carleton, R. N. (2020). Public Safety Personnel's interpretations of potentially traumatic events. Occupational Medicine, 70, 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa007