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ArticleJournal of community safety & well-being2023

Mental Health Stigma and Help-Seeking Intentions in Police Employees.

Daniel W Grupe

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Article in Journal of community safety & well-being, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Closing the Gap Between Need and Care: Predictors of Mental Health Service Use in EMS.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  5. Self and other mental health stigma among public safety professionals: a psychometric study.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel W GrupeCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Neurobiological mechanisms of perceived stress and their modification through behavioral interventionK01MH117222 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GRUPE, DANIEL W · 2019 to 2023
$653k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH117222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental health problems among police employees are exacerbated by negative attitudes and beliefs around mental health help-seeking that are perpetuated by police culture. We collected anonymous survey data from 259 civilian and commissioned police employees in a mid-sized, Midwestern U.S. city to test hypothesized relationships among help-seeking stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and intended help-seeking behavior. Results demonstrated that mental help-seeking stigma was negatively associated with help-seeking attitudes, and in turn with reduced mental health help-seeking intentions. Structural equation modeling provided support for a model linking help-seeking stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and intentions to seek help. This path model was moderated by psychological distress and previous participation in mindfulness training, which had opposing effects on help-seeking stigma and (indirectly) on intended help-seeking. Results provide insight into policies, practices, and interventions that police agencies may enact to combat stigma, positively influence mental health help-seeking, and improve the mental health and well-being of police employees and the broader community.

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help-seekingmental healthmindfulnessPerceived stigmapsychological distressself-stigma

Identifiers

PMID36883066
PMCPMC9986855
OpenAlexW4321607506

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