Brief mindfulness training for Canadian public safety personnel well-being

RM Stevenson - Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2022 - journalcswb.ca
The body of research demonstrating the psychological and physiological benefits of
mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) is robust and spans decades, yet its adaptation for a …

FIRECARE: an evidence-based Prevention Program to reduce burnout among Prehospital caregivers: benefits of a combined mindfulness, Heart Coherence Training …

L Giaume, A Jimenez, R Kedzierewicz… - Prehospital …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Burnout among emergency health care professionals is well-described,
especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prevention interventions, such as mindfulness …

Emotion regulation and OCD among sexual minority people: Identifying treatment targets

A Bezahler, JM Kuckertz, D McKay… - Journal of Anxiety …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sexual minority individuals experience higher rates of psychopathology, such that sexual
minority people are nine times more likely to receive a diagnosis or treatment for obsessive …

Informal Peer Support and Intentional Acts of Kindness May Attenuate the Impact of Work-Related Stressors on Compassion Satisfaction, Secondary Traumatic Stress …

LM Maloney, J Hoffman, E Peralta, R Princi… - Air Medical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Emergency medical services (EMS) Code Lavender was developed to support
EMS clinicians after stressful events via consistent recognition of events, informal peer …

Predictors of suicide and differences in attachment styles and resilience among treatment-seeking first-responder subtypes

WN Ponder, J Carbajal, J Whitworth… - … of Occupational and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective To identify the predictors of suicide for firefighters (FFs), emergency medical
technicians (EMTs), and law enforcement officers (LEOs). Methods We used baseline data …

Traumatic stress, active engagement and resilience in first responders and civilians in the outbreak of war

R Saar-Ashkenazy, YS Bergman… - European journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The outbreak of war in Israel on 7 October and the unique events of that day
have presented unprecedented challenges to first responders (FRs), who are professionally …

Distress Tolerance Among Firefighters: Examining Main and Interactive Effects of Resilience and Mindful Attention

SJ McGrew, M Zegel, A Lebeaut, RM Schwartz… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Firefighting is an intrinsically stressful occupation, and firefighters are routinely
confronted with potentially traumatic experiences. Abilities to tolerate distress and to recover …

The first, first responder: Navigating trauma, burnout, and compassion satisfaction.

KL O'Connell, N Moreira, B Barnette, YC Lin… - Traumatology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Emergency telecommunicators face unique challenges that put them at risk for posttraumatic
stress symptoms (PTSS), secondary traumatic stress (STS), and burnout; but their work can …

Individual Differences in Risk and Protective Factors: The Role of Self-Compassion Components among Emergency Responders

I Colpizzi, C Berti, C Sica, V Alfei, C Caudek - Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigates individual differences in protective and risk factors among rescue
workers (RWs), particularly Red Cross members, to optimize well-being and job …

Operational Stress Injuries in Disaster Responders: A Framework for Supporting Mental Health in Climate Crisis

W Mundo, T O'Connor… - Wilderness & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The rising occurrence of natural disasters linked to climate change has drawn the attention
of disaster response leaders to the significance of addressing operational stress injuries …