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/ShutterstockPolicing 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,...
