ArticleDepression and anxiety2024
Protecting the Protectors: Moral Injury, Coping Styles, and Mental Health of UK Police Officers and Staff Investigating Child Sexual Abuse Material.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Moral injury severity profiles and their pathways to negative emotions in medical staff: the differential mediating role of emotion regulation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- A behavioral health needs assessment and general psychological well-being of digital and multimedia forensic examiners.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Assessing vicarious trauma and attitudes toward mental health services for forensic sciences professionals.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Child centred policing: supporting trauma informed front line police practices with girls who have lived experiences of child sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Protecting the Protectors: Moral Injury, Coping Styles, and Mental Health of UK Police Officers and Staff Investigating Child Sexual Abuse Material.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- How we can protect the protectors: learning from police officers and staff involved in child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Police officers and staff who investigate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) may be at elevated risk for mental health problems, which may be mitigated or exacerbated by institutional and interpersonal factors. The current work examined mental health in a large sample of UK CSAM investigators (
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