Shields Robyn E, Teckchandani Taylor A, Asmundson Gordon J G, Nisbet Jolan, Krakauer Rachel L, Andrews Katie L, Maguire Kirby Q, Jamshidi Laleh, Afifi Tracie O, Lix Lisa M, Brunet Alain, Sauer-Zavala Shannon, Krätzig Gregory P, Neary J Patrick, Sareen Jitender, Carleton R Nicholas
Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2023 Aug 4;14:1145194. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1145194. eCollection 2023.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers self-report high levels of mental health disorder symptoms, such as alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Participation in regular mental health monitoring has been associated with improved mental health disorder symptom reporting and may provide an accessible tool to support RCMP mental health. The current study assessed relationships between self-reported mental health disorder symptoms and the completion of daily surveys (i.e., daily mental health disorder symptom monitoring) by RCMP cadets during the Cadet Training Program (CTP).
Participants were RCMP cadets ( = 394; 76.1% men) in the Standard Training Program who completed the 26-week CTP and daily self-monitoring surveys, as well as full mental health assessments at pre-training (i.e., starting the CTP) and pre-deployment (i.e., ~2 weeks prior to deployment to the field). Symptoms of alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder were assessed. Changes in mental health disorder symptom reporting from pre-training to pre-deployment were calculated. Spearman's rank correlations were estimated for number of daily surveys completed and change in mental health disorder symptom scores between pre-training and pre-deployment.
There were statistically significant inverse relationships between number of daily surveys completed and number of mental health disorder symptoms reported; specifically, cadets who completed more daily surveys during CTP reported fewer symptoms of alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
An inverse correlation between number of daily surveys completed and mental health disorder symptom scores indicated that participation in daily mental health monitoring was associated with improvements in self-reported mental health disorder symptoms between pre-training and pre-deployment. Regular self-monitoring of mental health disorder symptoms may help to mitigate mental health challenges among RCMP cadets and officers.
加拿大皇家骑警（RCMP）警员自我报告称，他们出现心理健康障碍症状的比例很高，如酒精使用障碍、广泛性焦虑障碍、重度抑郁症、恐慌症和创伤后应激障碍。参与定期心理健康监测与改善心理健康障碍症状报告相关，并且可能提供一种可获取的工具来支持皇家骑警的心理健康。本研究评估了皇家骑警学员在学员培训计划（CTP）期间自我报告的心理健康障碍症状与完成每日调查（即每日心理健康障碍症状监测）之间的关系。
参与者是标准培训计划中的皇家骑警学员（n = 394；76.1%为男性），他们完成了为期26周的CTP和每日自我监测调查，以及在培训前（即开始CTP时）和部署前（即部署到实地前约2周）进行全面心理健康评估。评估了酒精使用障碍、广泛性焦虑障碍、重度抑郁症、恐慌症和创伤后应激障碍的症状。计算了从培训前到部署前心理健康障碍症状报告的变化。对完成的每日调查数量与培训前和部署前心理健康障碍症状评分变化之间进行了斯皮尔曼等级相关性估计。
完成的每日调查数量与报告的心理健康障碍症状数量之间存在统计学上的显著负相关；具体而言，在CTP期间完成更多每日调查的学员报告的酒精使用障碍、广泛性焦虑障碍、重度抑郁症、恐慌症和创伤后应激障碍症状较少。
完成的每日调查数量与心理健康障碍症状评分之间的负相关表明，参与每日心理健康监测与培训前和部署前自我报告的心理健康障碍症状改善相关。定期自我监测心理健康障碍症状可能有助于减轻皇家骑警学员和警员的心理健康挑战。
