Stress in police officers: A study of the origins, prevalence and severity of stress-related symptoms within a county police force

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 256-264

  Collins, P A ^a   Gibbs, A C C ^a  

^a BMI Health Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental health; Occupation; Police; Shifts; Stress; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0038053108     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg061     Document Type: Article

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