Work-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Keywords:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health, First respondersAbstract
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that can develop after exposure to a severely traumatic event. This can include natural disasters, terrorism, or violence, war or combat, serious accidents. The roles of first responders are recognized as extremely dangerous and hazardous including volunteer rescue staff, police officers, firefighter, security guard, and military personnel which can cause trauma not only physical trauma but also mental trauma especially, post-traumatic stress disorder. This study was aimed to determine the association between work and mental health problems. The literature review reveals that the first responders resulted in a higher probability of developing PTSD more than in the general population. Moreover, it was found that PTSD is associated with the risk of many health problems, for example, Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea, Fibromyalgia, Cardiovascular Disease and increase risk of suicide. The professional mental health services such as critical incident stress debriefing, psychological counseling, psychological assessments, and therapy were needed to enhance the first responders’ health.
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