O Público e o Privado, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 21(45), P. 6 - 16
Published: Dec. 15, 2023
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Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 49(7), P. 951 - 970
Published: March 14, 2022
Researchers illuminate the mental health plight of correctional workers by demonstrating a high prevalence disorders among group. Yet, structural barriers persist in preventing staff from accessing treatment and support—barriers that may result more prolonged pronounced symptoms. We consider perspectives on how policies at organizational level can foster better well-being outcomes for employees. Data are drawn open-ended survey responses provincial territorial employees ( N = 870) Canada. Responses collectively highlight need paradigm reflects sources stress workers, including access to specialized services easily accessible, immediately available, comprehensive nature. Additional aspects work environment were identified as venues important change, improvements schedule structures, improved manager–staff relations, changes physical environment.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15
Published: Jan. 23, 2024
Introduction The inherent nature of work in correctional services can have negative effects on worker mental health and well-being. Methods current study, a replication, analyzes survey data collected from provincial territorial workers staffed six regions across Canada ( n = 192). Specifically, participants were asked at the end an extensive well-being open-ended question requesting any additional feedback or information. Results Four predominant themes identified data: (1) stigma pertaining to need recognize concerns within services; (2) idea that wear mind body; (3) for better relationships with support supervisors, upper management, ministerial leadership; (4) suggestions improve help sector realize its full potential maximize workplace health. Discussion We discuss implications these findings, emphasis finding ways promote positive organizational cultural change services.
Language: Английский
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Psychedelic Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 14, 2025
Language: Английский
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Corrections, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(1), P. 1 - 19
Published: Sept. 21, 2021
In the course of their duties, correctional employees face exposure to a variety potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs). Recent research points an array consequences work experiences on psychological well-being staff, including development mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder, general anxiety and major depressive disorder. Drawing open-ended survey response among provincial territorial (n = 269) in Canada, we consider who self-report anxiety, mood, or other with particular focus how are tied conditions occupational environments. Findings demonstrate that, for many, struggles intimately both operational organizational factors – former referring job duties latter social relations work. How status is navigated shaped by norms meanings health, namely stigma. Despite perceived link between outcomes, suffering understood responded private problem fallout personal lives welfare staff. We discuss implications training paradigms understandings responsibility.
Language: Английский
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(21), P. 13993 - 13993
Published: Oct. 27, 2022
Public safety personnel (PSP), including correctional officers, firefighters, paramedics, and police have higher rates of mental health conditions than other types workers. This scoping review maps the impact organizational factors on PSP health, reviewing applicable English language primary studies from 2000-2021. JBI methodology for reviews was followed. After screening, 97 remained analysis. Police officers (n = 48) were most frequent population studied. Correctional 27) paramedics second frequently identified population, followed by career firefighters 20). Lack supervisor support cited negative factor 23), workplace culture 21), lack co-worker 14). Co-worker 10) positive factor, 8) 5). is first to map their across public organizations. The results this can inform discussions related factors, relationship operational personal assist in considering which are impactful amenable change.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13
Published: Jan. 4, 2023
Public safety personnel are at an elevated risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors relative to the general public. Correctional workers in particular report some of highest prevalence behaviors. To better understand this phenomenon, current study draws on qualitative, open-ended survey response data (n = 94) that explores three distinct themes (occupational environment, lack support, social silence) how entrenched notions mental health stigma occupational culture inform Canadian correctional their experiences with We conclude a brief discussion research policy implications, emphasis mobilizing efforts normalize workplaces, bolstering peer support resources, collaboration, assessing limited organizational supports available struggling staff.
Language: Английский
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Criminology & Criminal Justice, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(1), P. 291 - 312
Published: June 22, 2022
Much correctional work is generally misunderstood by the mainstream media and many public circles as solely punitive authoritative, which has fueled politicized outcomes for policy, practice intervention. Reasonably, critical criminological discourse steered primarily perspectives voices of prisoners victims. Yet this privileging leaves questions remaining about how workers in contemporary era negotiate their complex duties both prisoner care accountability. Drawing on data garnered from open-ended survey responses provincial territorial employees (n = 876) Canada, we explore Canadian balance emotional occupational framework with integrity. Informed through a lens labour, find that recognize need for, gap in, care, mental health rehabilitation, while also problematizing shift decline accountability, they believe jeopardizes worker safety. We discuss implications our findings present relation to power control prison spaces.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11
Published: March 2, 2023
The work of public safety personnel (PSP) such as police officers, firefighters, correctional and paramedics, well other PSP, makes them vulnerable to psychological injuries, which can have profound impacts on their families the communities they serve. A multitude complex operational, organizational, personal factors contribute mental health PSP; however, date approach research community has been largely explore these separately or within single PSP professions. To date, employers predominantly focused addressing aspects through resiliency stress management interventions. However, increasing number injuries among PSPs compounding stressors COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate a need for new study health. following paper discusses importance adopting broader conceptual proposes novel model that highlights consider combined TRi-Operational-Organizational-Personal Factor Model (TROOP) depicts key three large pieces larger puzzle is TROOP gives working language organizations, leaders, researchers broadly work.
Language: Английский
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Stress and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Sept. 14, 2024
Abstract Correctional workers (CWs) endure several operational stressors (e.g., exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events) and organisational shift work, staff shortages), which are associated with positive screens for mental disorders self‐reports of suicidal behaviours thus urgently warrant further inquiry. The Canadian Provincial Territorial Worker Mental Health Well‐Being Study (CWMH) used an online survey collect data from correctional service organisations across all 13 provinces territories. This national study investigates among CWs diverse occupational roles provincial territorial jurisdictions ( n = 3740, 50.1% female). results estimated prevalence proportions self‐reported past‐year lifetime thoughts, planning, attempts the systems, exceptions planning in Alberta, Newfoundland Labrador, New Brunswick, Yukon where jurisdictional considerations requests precluded inclusion select questions. Substantial participants reported or ideation (i.e., 9.1%, 29.2%, respectively), 4.1%, 14.7%, 0.8%, 7.2%, respectively). Sociodemographic variables sex, age, marital status, total years service, category) were behaviours. Findings provide opportunities future research can inform tailored efforts by clinicians, providers, leaders support proactive interventions treatments, including supporting partners families CWs, fostering social networks, improving access timely health treatment.
Language: Английский
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Criminal Justice Studies, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 34(4), P. 459 - 476
Published: Oct. 2, 2021
Scholars and correctional officials have begun to recognize the association of work with occupational stressors that deteriorate mental health well-being. Yet, programs policies support prison staff as they navigate physical, emotional, psychological challenges are limited, scarce empirical evidence supporting their usefulness employees. We examine Advanced Mental Strength Conditioning (AMStrength) program using semi-structured interviews 70 officers after completed a year on job. Among our findings, we highlight 80% participants not used AMStrength since being training during recruitment. However, fulfills vital role in promoting awareness, including self-awareness health.
Language: Английский
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