Mental Health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Start of the Cadet Training Program.
R Nicholas CarletonLaleh JamshidiKirby Q MaguireLisa M LixSherry H StewartTracie O AfifiJitender SareenKatie L AndrewsNicholas A JonesJolan NisbetShannon Sauer-ZavalaJ Patrick NearyAlain BrunetGregory P KrätzigAmber J FletcherTaylor A TeckchandaniTerence M KeaneGordon J G AsmundsonPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2023)
The current results are the first to describe RCMP cadet mental health when starting the CTP. The data evidenced a lower prevalence of anxiety, depressive, and trauma-related mental disorders than the general population based on clinical interviews, contrasting notions that more rigorous mental health screening would reduce the high prevalence of mental disorders among serving RCMP. Instead, protecting RCMP mental health may require ongoing efforts to mitigate operational and organizational stressors.