Resources

• Faust, K. L., & Vander Ven, T. (2014). Policing disaster: An analytical review of the literature on policing, disaster, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Sociology Compass, 8(6), 614 – 626.

Highlights the need for training among police officers to deal with the traumatic experience and the importance of programming for police officers in the prevention of PTSD, as well as current barriers to treatment.

• Heffren, C. D. J., & Hausdorf, P. A. (2014). Post-traumatic effects in policing: perceptions, stigmas, and help seeking behaviours. Police Practice and Research, 17(5), 420 – 433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2014.958488

Focuses on factors that lead officers to seek help, while providing a thorough and accessible discussion around the relationship between PTSD and policing and the importance of access to services.