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Assessing The Need For Mental Health Interventions Within The Law Enforcement Community, Lizzi Varga Reinard
Assessing The Need For Mental Health Interventions Within The Law Enforcement Community, Lizzi Varga Reinard
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This research explored mental health interventions within the police. There is a need for mental health in law enforcement (O’Hara, 2018; Blue Help, 2019; Waters & Ussery, 2007; Mohandie & Hatchert, 1999; Miller, 1999; Violanti, 2010). Having been a law enforcement officer myself, I have experienced the stigma and the need of mental health care. I used a cross-sectional survey design to obtain further information on police officers in a Midwest county in the United States to assess the need for mental health interventions. I created response artwork prior to obtaining the survey results (to help assess and sort through …