Why do public safety personnel seek tailored internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy? An observational study of treatment-seekers

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dc.contributor.authorMcCall, Hugh, C.
dc.contributor.authorLandry, Caeleigh, A.
dc.contributor.authorOgunade, Adeyemi
dc.contributor.authorCarleton, R. Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorHadjistavropoulos, Heather, D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-26T15:12:56Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T15:12:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-15
dc.descriptionCopyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.description.abstractFirst responders and other public safety personnel (PSP) experience elevated rates of mental disorders and face unique barriers to care. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) is an effective and accessible treatment that has demonstrated good treatment outcomes when tailored specifically for PSP. However, little is known about how PSP come to seek ICBT. A deeper understanding of why PSP seek ICBT can inform efforts to tailor and disseminate ICBT and other treatments to PSP. The present study was designed to (1) explore the demographic and clinical characteristics, motivations, and past treatments of PSP seeking ICBT, (2) learn how PSP first learned about ICBT, and (3) understand how PSP perceive ICBT. To address these objectives, we examined responses to online screening questionnaires among PSP (N = 259) who signed up for an ICBT program tailored for PSP. The results indicate that most of our sample experienced clinically significant symptoms of multiple mental disorders, had received prior mental disorder diagnoses and treatments, heard about ICBT from a work-related source, reported positive perceptions of ICBT, and sought ICBT to learn skills to manage their own symptoms of mental disorders. The insights gleaned through this study have important implications for ICBT researchers and others involved in the development, delivery, evaluation, and funding of mental healthcare services for PSP.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by PSPNET, which is funded by the Canadian Government’s Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcCall, H. C., Landry, C. A., Ogunade, A., Carleton, R. N., & Hadjistavropoulos, H. D. (2021). Why do public safety personnel seek tailored internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy? An observational study of treatment-seekers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (22), 11972. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211972en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211972
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15592
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/*
dc.subjectinterneten_US
dc.subjectcognitive behavioural therapyen_US
dc.subjectanxietyen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjecteHealthen_US
dc.subjectpublic safety personnelen_US
dc.titleWhy do public safety personnel seek tailored internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy? An observational study of treatment-seekersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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