2nd Edition: Public Safety Personnel: Mental Health and Well-Being
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3936
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Interests: correctional services; masculinities and gender; desistance from crime; social health; correctional and police officers; mental health and well-being
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2. Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
Interests: public safety personnel; biopsychosocial measurement; assessment; treatments of anxiety; mood; somatic disorders; transdiagnostics
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2. Clinical Research Lab, Hand and Upper Limb Centre, London, ON N6A 4V2, Canada
3. Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 1C7, Canada
Interests: firefighter health; musculoskeletal health; implementation science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health follows on from the previous issue, Public Safety Personnel: Mental Health and Well-Being (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/PSP_mental_well-being).
We are pleased to invite articles for this Special Issue, entitled “2nd Edition: Public Safety Personnel: Mental Health and Well-Being”. The collection will include important high-quality papers (original research articles or comprehensive review papers) published in an open access form by Editorial Board Members and other prominent scholars.
PSP include border services officers, public safety communicators (e.g., 911, call-takers), correctional workers, firefighters (career and volunteer), Indigenous emergency managers, operational and intelligence personnel, paramedics, police (municipal, provincial, federal), and search and rescue personnel, among others, all of whom are regularly exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTE) when fulfilling their occupational responsibilities. In addition, work-related stressors are endemic across PSP groups, and are associated with high prevalence of clinically significant mental disorder symptoms. A recent national prevalence study conducted with the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT) indicated that 44.5% of Canadian PSP may screen positive for one or more mental disorders, which is much higher than diagnostic rates from the general population (i.e., ∼10.1%). PSP are critical professionals who commonly protect and serve citizens (e.g., following motor vehicle accidents or assaults). In addition, PSP are now on the frontline for managing the COVID-19 crisis, which involves staffing challenges, extended hours, and the constant threat of contagion for themselves, their families, and their colleagues.
This Special Issue is designed to present new knowledge, as well as develop theoretical and empirical understandings in PSP mental health and well-being. We invite researchers to submit manuscripts on this broad and important topic, either research papers or papers highlighting state-of-the-art developments in PSP mental health and well-being, and encourage potential contributors to send a short abstract and tentative title to the Editorial Office (ijerph@mdpi.com) for review and feedback prior to submission. All included articles in the Special Issue will undergo a rigorous peer-review process.
We look forward to receiving your contribution to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli
Prof. Dr. R. Nicholas Carleton
Prof. Dr. Joy C. MacDermid
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- public safety personnel
- first responders
- mental disorders
- mental health
- well-being
- psychological trauma
- operational stress injuries
- post-traumatic stress injuries
