Papazoglou Konstantinos, Blumberg Daniel M, Collins Peter I, Schlosser Michael D, Bonanno George A
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2020 May 29;11:1178. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01178. eCollection 2020.
The present manuscript presents foundational constructs related to death and loss (i.e., grief, bereavement, prolonged grief) providing empirical findings from recent research on the impact of death and loss on police officers' health, behavior, and overall functioning. Police officers are routinely exposed to death. In many instances, officers' contact with decedents includes, among others, victims of accidents, catastrophes, or violent crimes and witnessing the intense emotional suffering of relatives of the deceased. Additionally, it is not uncommon for officers to experience the loss of fellow officers from on-duty deaths and permanent, career-ending injuries. Simultaneously, like everyone, police officers have to cope with deaths of loved ones in their personal lives. The result is that officers' health and well-being are likely compromised because of the systematic exposure to on- and off-duty deaths. In this perspective paper, death and loss in law enforcement are explored in an attempt to raise awareness and increase attention to this area of police work. In addition, the authors list a number of prophylactic intervention strategies that would support officers cope with the impact of loss and death and promote their own resilience.
本手稿介绍了与死亡和丧失相关的基础概念(即悲伤、丧亲之痛、持续性悲伤),并提供了近期研究的实证结果,这些研究探讨了死亡和丧失对警察健康、行为及整体机能的影响。警察经常接触死亡事件。在许多情况下,警察与死者的接触包括事故、灾难或暴力犯罪的受害者等,并且目睹死者亲属强烈的情感痛苦。此外,警察因执勤死亡和永久性、终结职业生涯的受伤而失去同事的情况也并不罕见。同时,与所有人一样,警察在个人生活中也必须应对亲人的死亡。结果是,由于系统地接触执勤和非执勤时的死亡事件,警察的健康和幸福很可能受到损害。在这篇观点论文中,我们探讨了执法工作中的死亡和丧失问题,旨在提高对这一警察工作领域的认识并增加关注。此外,作者列出了一些预防性干预策略,这些策略将帮助警察应对丧失和死亡的影响,并增强他们自身的恢复力。