Mental Health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Start of the Cadet Training Program

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dc.contributor.authorCarleton, R. Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorJamshidi, Laleh
dc.contributor.authorMaguire, Kirby Q.
dc.contributor.authorLix, Lisa M.
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Sherry H.
dc.contributor.authorAfifi, Tracie O.
dc.contributor.authorSareen, Jitender
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Katie L.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Nicholas A.
dc.contributor.authorNisbet, Jolan
dc.contributor.authorSauer-Zavala, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorNeary, J. Patrick
dc.contributor.authorBrunet, Alain
dc.contributor.authorKrätzig, Gregory P.
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Amber J.
dc.contributor.authorTeckchandani, Taylor A.
dc.contributor.authorKeane, Terence M.
dc.contributor.authorAsmundson, Gordon J.G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-01T17:00:58Z
dc.date.available2023-06-01T17:00:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-02
dc.description© The Author(s) 2023. Published by SAGE. This article is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).en_US
dc.description.abstractObjective Serving Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have screened positive for one or more mental disorders based on self-reported symptoms with substantial prevalence (i.e., 50.2%). Mental health challenges for military and paramilitary populations have historically been attributed to insufficient recruit screening; however, cadet mental health when starting the Cadet Training Program (CTP) was unknown. Our objective was to estimate RCMP Cadet mental health when starting the CTP and test for sociodemographic differences. Method Cadets starting the CTP completed a survey assessing self-reported mental health symptoms (n = 772, 72.0% male) and a clinical interview (n = 736, 74.4% male) with a clinician or supervised trainee using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview to assess current and past mental health. Results The percentage of participants screening positive for one or more current mental disorders based on self-reported symptoms (15.0%) was higher than the diagnostic prevalence for the general population (10.1%); however, based on clinical interviews, participants were less likely to screen positive for any current mental disorder (6.3%) than the general population. Participants were also less likely to screen positive for any past mental disorder based on self-report (3.9%) and clinical interviews (12.5%) than the general population (33.1%). Females were more likely to score higher than males (all ps<.01; Cohen's ds .23 to .32) on several self-report mental disorder symptom measures. Conclusions The current results are the first to describe RCMP cadet mental health when starting the CTP. The data evidenced a lower prevalence of anxiety, depressive, and trauma-related mental disorders than the general population based on clinical interviews, contrasting notions that more rigorous mental health screening would reduce the high prevalence of mental disorders among serving RCMP. Instead, protecting RCMP mental health may require ongoing efforts to mitigate operational and organizational stressors.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The RCMP Study is supported by the RCMP, the Government of Canada, and the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. L. M. Lix is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Methods for Electronic Health Data Quality. T. O. Afifi is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Childhood Adversity and Resilience. Asmundson is supported by a University of Regina President's Research Chair. S. H. Stewart is supported by a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health. The development, analyses, and distribution of the current article was supported by a generous grant from the Medavie Foundation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCarleton RN, Jamshidi L, Maguire KQ, et al. Mental Health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Start of the Cadet Training Program. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/07067437221147425en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221147425
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15948
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectpublic safety personnelen_US
dc.subjectRCMPen_US
dc.subjectpolice cadetsen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.titleMental Health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Start of the Cadet Training Programen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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