When Our Work Hits Home: Trauma and Mental Disorders in Correctional Officers and Other Correctional Workers

When Our Work Hits Home: Trauma and Mental Disorders in Correctional Officers and Other Correctional Workers

Background: International estimates suggest that up to one in three public safety personnel experience one or more mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Canadian data have been sparse until very recently, and correctional officers and forensic psychiatric staff have rare...

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Main Authors: Nina Fusco, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Laleh Jamshidi, R. Nicholas Carleton, Nigel Barnim, Zoe Hilton, Dianne Groll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
therapeutic alliance
responsivity
prison
trauma
forensic employees
correctional employees
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.493391/full

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