Instruction
The chief is concerned that officers may be hesitant to utilize the program and has asked you to prepare an exploratory report that addresses the following: Barriers to mental health services for police officers, Stigma associated with accessing mental health service, Best practices to overcome the barriers and stigma associated with accessing mental health services.
Your reports should be 4-6 pages in length, not including your title and reference pages. Include at least four current scholarly references in addition to the module reading assignments. Module reading assignments were : Bell, S., & Eski, Y. (2016). “Break a leg--It’s all in the mind”: Police officers’ attitudes towards colleagues with mental health issues. Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice, 10(2), 95–101. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pav041 // Fraternal Order of Police & NBC-New York. (2018). Report on FOB/NBC survey of police officer mental and behavioral health. https://files.fop.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OfficerWellnessSurvey.pdf // Niwako, Y., Kelly, C., Dresden, B. E., Busath, G. L., & Riley, C. E. (2016). The predictive effects of work environment on stigma toward and practical concerns for seeking mental health services. Military Medicine, 181(11), e1546–e1552. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00489 // Schreiber, M., & McEnany, G. P. (2015). Stigma, American military personnel and mental health care: Challenges from Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Mental Health, 24(1), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2014.971147