Mental health screening amongst police officers: factors associated with under-reporting of symptoms.

Ruth E MarshallJosie Milligan-SavilleKatherine PetrieRichard A BryantPhilip B MitchellSamuel B Harvey

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2021)

Employer-administered mental health screening is not able to accurately capture all mental health symptoms amongst first responders. The fact that the severity of symptoms predicted the level of under-reporting means that simple changes to cut-off values cannot correct this problem.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
sleep quality
adverse drug
emergency department
depressive symptoms
drug induced