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Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being of First Responders from Career to Retirement: A Scoping Review.

Erin C SmithGreg DeanLisa Holmes
Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2021)
Strategies for supporting mental health and well-being need to be implemented early in the first responder career and reinforced throughout and into retirement. They should utilize holistic approaches which encourage "reaching in" rather than placing an onus on first responders to "reach out" when they are in crisis.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • medical students
  • mental illness
  • public health