Overview
Police officers are subject to various professional risk factors that can contribute to the occurrence of mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In previous work, low use of specialized care structures was noted. Added to this is the carrying of a weapon which represents an element facilitating the passage to self-aggressive action.
The objective of the study is to identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be an active, administrative police officer, or scientific and technical police officer of the national police in France for more than a year,
- Or work for the Ministry of the Interior as support staff, or medical staff,
- Agree to participate in the study,
- Agree to talk about the problem without managerial or union preconceptions.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Be in post for the Ministry of the Interior for less than a year.
- Be stationed in the Bas Rhin department (France), where the principal investigator works.