Health

Tue Aug 2

One in five police officers are at risk of PTSD – here's how we need to respond

Written by Petra Skeffington, Lecturer/ Psychologist/ PTSD Researcher, Curtin University

For any person on the road to recovery from trauma exposure, the key factors are stability and safety.littleny/Shutterstock

Policing is undoubtedly a stressful occupation, with officers often facing potentially traumatic situations. They may be exposed to disaster, hostage situations, sexual and physical assaults, shootings, mutilations and death,...

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