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When Our Work Hits Home: Trauma and …

(7 days ago) COs face threats of injury, repeat exposure to crisis situations, demanding schedules and harsh physical settings like limited sunlight and air conditioning. With these factors in mind, it is no surprise that COs confront depression and PTSD at higher rates than the general population.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.493391/full

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Correctional officers at high risk for depression, PTSD, suicide

(2 days ago) WEBMany officers said they were worried about privacy: One-fifth of correctional officers say they worry about repercussions if they were to reach out to …

https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/08/23/california-correctional-officers-at-high-risk-for-depression-ptsd-and-suicide-new-survey-finds/

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Correctional Officers Face Mental Health Challenges : NPR

(2 days ago) WEBJENKINS: Kelly Raths is an administrator with the Oregon Department of Corrections, which has been studying correctional officer mental health since 2012. She says they …

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/14/788056570/correctional-officers-face-mental-health-challenges

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Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness — What We Learned …

(2 days ago) WEBCorrectional officers play a pivotal role within the prison system. Yet, working as a correctional officer brings with it stressful and dangerous conditions that …

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/correctional-officer-safety-and-wellness-what-we-learned-research-literature

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Research on the mounting problem of correctional officer stress

(4 days ago) WEBdevelopment of mental health prob-lems among correctional officers.2 Schwartz and his colleagues found that:3 1. Mental health problems were highly prevalent among cor …

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/308211.pdf

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Improving the Mental Health of Correctional Workers: …

(3 days ago) WEBIn relation to correctional officers, Lerman et al. (2021) found that “the more positively officers perceive supervision and management, as well as the quality …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00938548221081468

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Correctional Officers and Compassion Fatigue

(Just Now) WEBOther signs of compassion fatigue distress often include increased irritability, procrastination, and a gradual deterioration of the correctional officer’s physical and mental well-being

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-crime-and-justice-doctor/202003/correctional-officers-and-compassion-fatigue

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Improving the Mental Health and Well-Being of Correctional …

(Just Now) WEBThis study aimed to understand the perspectives of correctional officers participating in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. A total of 54 correctional …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11896-023-09620-3

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Utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams in Prison to Improve Officer

(2 days ago) WEBIndicators of mental health problems reported by prisoners and jail inmates, 2011-12. U.S. Department of Justice. Spiers E. M. (2004). On the role of correctional …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0093854820942274

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The Role of Correctional Officers in Multidisciplinary Mental Health

(7 days ago) WEBThe need for comprehensive mental health services in correctional facilities has never been greater. During the 1990s the population of inmates under the …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.52.10.1343

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Strategies for correctional leaders to prioritize officer mental …

(9 days ago) WEBCorrections officers are the lifeblood of our American jail and prison systems. Unfortunately, for many COs, mental wellness has hit a breaking point. For …

https://www.corrections1.com/health-wellness/invisible-shackles-addressing-the-mental-wellness-crisis-among-correctional-officers

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Sounding the Alarm on Correctional Officer Mental Health

(6 days ago) WEBThe majority of officers we work with have shown us that the image of the corrupt CO in shows like ‘Orange is the New Black’ couldn't be further from the truth.”. If …

https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2022/02/28/15/07/sounding-the-alarm-on-correctional-officer-mental-health

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People with Mental Health Conditions in Corrections

(5 days ago) WEBPeople with mental health issues increasingly receive care provided by correctional agencies. In 1959, nearly 559,000 patients were housed in state mental hospitals …

https://nicic.gov/resources/resources-topics-and-roles/topics/people-mental-health-conditions-corrections

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The Challenges of Correctional Psychology Psychology Today

(Just Now) WEBOfficers with a desire to work in mental health units should be willing to address inmate behavior problems differently than the necessary measures needed to …

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/advocating-the-discarded/202211/the-challenges-correctional-psychology

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Correctional officer mental health: A call for change

(4 days ago) WEBAs noted above, correctional officers are at risk for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and suicidal ideation – 10% of correctional officers have thought …

https://www.corrections1.com/health-wellness/articles/correctional-officer-mental-health-a-call-for-change-eQoeGmjUgCu6KDov/

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Working Behind the Wall: Mental Health of Correctional-Based Staff

(3 days ago) WEBRogers (2001) [2] surveyed correctional staff to learn about their stress levels, mental health, and risk behaviors. In terms of their mental health, Rogers found staggering …

https://www.psychalive.org/working-behind-the-wall-mental-health-of-correctional-based-staff/

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Breaking down barriers to mental healthcare access in prison: a

(5 days ago) WEBMental health of people in prison. The rates of mental disorders are considerably higher among incarcerated individuals than in the general population …

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-05736-w

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The Mental Health and Wellness of Correctional Officers in Canada

(6 days ago) WEBYet, correctional scholars have dedicated limited attention to assessing the mental health support available to correctional officers at work. Therefore, we explore …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23774657.2022.2052380

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Mental Health Care for Correction Officers FHE Health

(8 days ago) WEBMeanwhile, keeping the nation’s prisons safe is even more challenging when officers themselves are at risk of developing mental health issues…. Mental Health …

https://fherehab.com/learning/mental-health-care-correction-officers

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Correctional Officer Mental Health: A Call for Change - Lexipol

(Just Now) WEBThe same can be said for annual in-service training hours. As noted above, correctional officers are at risk for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and …

https://www.lexipol.com/resources/blog/correctional-officer-mental-health-call-for-change/

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The mediating effect of health behaviors on the association

(Just Now) WEBIt has been reported that job stress and lack of support were associated with poor physical and mental health in Norwegian police officers 4. Regarding mental …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60746-8

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Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death …

(9 days ago) WEBIn Oklahoma, officers at the state penitentiary in McAlester, which houses the death chamber, are so stretched by the schedule of 25 executions set in 2022 by the …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/28/prison-guard-trauma-execution-death-penalty

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