Torchalla Iris, Killoran John
West Coast Resiliency Centre, 214-3195, V6H3K2 Granville St, Vancouver, BC Canada.
J Contemp Psychother. 2022;52(4):319-327. doi: 10.1007/s10879-022-09547-6. Epub 2022 Jul 4.
Police officers carry a high risk of exposure to traumatic events in their everyday work duties and are at an increased risk for work-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Practitioners lack clear guidance on how to support these individuals to facilitate both mental health recovery and return to work, particularly for those receiving treatment in the context of a claim with a workers' compensation board. The following case study describes the treatment of a female police officer who had experienced numerous traumatic events over the course of her career, and subsequently filed a claim with the workers' compensation board of British Columbia. She was referred to an interdisciplinary program that involved both psychology and occupational therapy interventions, including a trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy intervention followed by a gradual return to work. The outcome suggests that intensive, interdisciplinary trauma-focused treatment is a promising approach for supporting police officers with their recovery and return to work.
警察在日常工作职责中面临遭受创伤性事件的高风险，患与工作相关的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的风险也更高。从业者在如何支持这些人促进心理健康恢复和重返工作岗位方面缺乏明确的指导，特别是对于那些在向工人赔偿委员会提出索赔的情况下接受治疗的人。以下案例研究描述了一名女性警官的治疗情况，她在职业生涯中经历了多次创伤性事件，随后向不列颠哥伦比亚省工人赔偿委员会提出索赔。她被转介到一个跨学科项目，该项目涉及心理学和职业治疗干预，包括以创伤为重点的认知行为治疗干预，随后逐步重返工作岗位。结果表明，强化的、跨学科的以创伤为重点的治疗是支持警察康复和重返工作岗位的一种有前景的方法。
