Mental health issues of fire personnel: an exploratory study
Mental health issues of fire personnel: an exploratory study
Author(s): Braham Deep Sindhu, Padmakali Banerjee, Nehal Sindhu, Navya N., Manpreet OlaSubject(s): Individual Psychology, Psychology of Self, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: MedCrave Group Kft.
Keywords: traumatic exposure; personality; critical incident stress; posttraumatic stress disorder; mental health; firefighters; neuroticism;
Summary/Abstract: The primary goal of the current study was to add to the literature regarding mental health implications of fire service membership. In the present study, 100 fire personnel were selected working in Haryana state of India. The DSM V cross cutting Questionnaire was used to assess mental health issues of the fire personnel and the results suggested that firefighters self-reported greater posttraumatic symptomatology on anger and substance issue domain of the test. In addition, the firefighters reported more distress on several subscales of the DSM V cross cutting Questionnaire.
Journal: Journal of Psychology & Clinical Psychiatry
- Issue Year: 11/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-5
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
