Fox Justin, Desai Mayur M, Britten Karissa, Lucas Georgina, Luneau Renee, Rosenthal Marjorie S
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Conn Med. 2012 Oct;76(9):525-31.
Police officers are frequently exposed to situations that can negatively impact their mental health.
We conducted this study of an urban police department to determine 1) the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and alcohol abuse; 2) patterns of and barriers to mental-health services utilization; and 3) the impact these conditions have on productivity loss.
Among 150 officers, PTSD (24%), depression (9%), and alcohol abuse (19%) were common. Only46.7% had ever sought mental-health services; the most commonly cited barriers to accessing serviceswere concerns regarding confidentiality and the potential"negative career impact." Officers with mental-health conditions had higher productivity loss (5.9% vs 3.4%, P<0.001) at an annual cost of $4,489 per officer.
Mental-health conditions among police officers are common, and costly, yet most officers had never accessed mental-health services; many due to modifiable risk factors.
警察经常面临可能对其心理健康产生负面影响的情况。
我们对一个城市警察部门进行了这项研究，以确定：1）创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）、抑郁症和酒精滥用的患病率；2）心理健康服务利用的模式和障碍；3）这些状况对生产力损失的影响。
在150名警察中，创伤后应激障碍（24%）、抑郁症（9%）和酒精滥用（19%）很常见。只有46.7%的人曾寻求心理健康服务；最常提到的获得服务的障碍是对保密性和潜在“负面职业影响”的担忧。有心理健康问题的警察生产力损失更高（5.9%对3.4%，P<0.001），每名警察每年的成本为4489美元。
警察中的心理健康问题很常见且代价高昂，但大多数警察从未获得过心理健康服务；许多是由于可改变的风险因素。
