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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets.

Robyn E Shields, Taylor A Teckchandani, Gordon J G Asmundson, Jolan Nisbet, Rachel L Krakauer, Katie L Andrews, Kirby Q Maguire, Laleh Jamshidi, Tracie O Afifi, Lisa M Lix and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Robyn E ShieldsCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Taylor A TeckchandaniCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Gordon J G AsmundsonAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Jolan NisbetCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Rachel L KrakauerAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Katie L AndrewsCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Kirby Q MaguireCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Laleh JamshidiCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Tracie O AfifiDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Lisa M LixDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Alain BrunetMcGill's Psychiatry Department and Douglas Institute Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Shannon Sauer-ZavalaDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Gregory P KrätzigDepartment of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
J Patrick NearyFaculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Jitender SareenDepartment of Psychiatry, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
R Nicholas CarletonCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
University of Regina · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CACanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment · CAUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers self-report high levels of mental health disorder symptoms, such as alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Participation in regular mental health monitoring has been associated with improved mental health disorder symptom reporting and may provide an accessible tool to support RCMP mental health. The current study assessed relationships between self-reported mental health disorder symptoms and the completion of daily surveys (i.e., daily mental health disorder symptom monitoring) by RCMP cadets during the Cadet Training Program (CTP). Methods: Participants were RCMP cadets ( Results: There were statistically significant inverse relationships between number of daily surveys completed and number of mental health disorder symptoms reported; specifically, cadets who completed more daily surveys during CTP reported fewer symptoms of alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: An inverse correlation between number of daily surveys completed and mental health disorder symptom scores indicated that participation in daily mental health monitoring was associated with improvements in self-reported mental health disorder symptoms between pre-training and pre-deployment. Regular self-monitoring of mental health disorder symptoms may help to mitigate mental health challenges among RCMP cadets and officers.

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cadetsmental health disorder symptomsmental health monitoringRoyal Canadian Mounted Policeself-report

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PMCPMC10437217
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