PTSD symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among firefighters

Boffa, Joseph W.; Stanley, Ian H.; Hom, Melanie A.; Norr, Aaron M.; Joiner, Thomas E.; Schmidt, Norman B.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.10.014

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“…Boffa et al. () found that, within a large national sample of current firefighters, current post‐traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were significantly associated with suicide ideation and suicide attempts. Authors also theorized that firefighters may experience elevated PTSS due to the nature of their occupation.…”

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“…Out of a sample of 150 firefighters, researchers found that 36.7% had faced the threat of their own injury or death, 37.8% had faced threat of injury or death to a fellow emergency care worker, 61.7% had responded to an incident involving one or two deaths, and 28.4% had to remove a dead body or bodies. Boffa et al (2017) found that, within a large national sample of current firefighters, current post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were significantly associated with suicide ideation and suicide attempts. Authors also theorized that firefighters may 982 CAPABILITY FOR SUICIDE IN FIREFIGHTERS experience elevated PTSS due to the nature of their occupation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Capability for Suicide in Firefighters

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Shoji

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2018

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Section: Firefighters and Iptsmentioning

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The Capability for Suicide in Firefighters

Streeb

Shoji

Benight

2018

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…외상후 스트레스 장애는 우울증, 불면, 알코올 중독의 동반 이환율이 80%에 이를 뿐 아니라 (Ronald CK et al, 1995) 자살률까지 증가시킨다 (Pompili M et al, 2013;Boffa JW et al, 2017).…”

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Stress Relief and Related Factors in Camp Program for Firefighters

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Background: This study aims to test the effectiveness of a camp program and to analyze the factors related to stress relief. To this end, the present study conducted prospective research for six months on the change of stress, depression, and the level of post-traumatic stress among the firefighters who participated in the camp program. Methods: The perceived stress (PSS-K), stress by the different portion (GARS), post-traumatic stress symptoms (IES-R) and depression (BDI-II) were evaluated at five sessions over the span of six months, and the change of each measure was analyzed. Those five sessions were before the camp, right after the camp and a month, three months and six months after the camp. Moreover, this study assessed characteristics of sociodemographic, firefighting task and mental health that are related to the level of stress at six months after the camp. Results: Compared with before the camp, the level of depression was significantly lower right after the camp. However, the level did not have significant difference after a month period. At one month after the camp, the level of stress was significantly lower than before the camp, and was maintained after six months. The predictive factors of the degree of stress relief after the camp were high job stress and low disease stress. Conclusions: This study has found that the stress relief from the camp continued until six months after the camp, and the stress-relieving effect through the camp was substantial for those with higher job stress and lower disease stress.

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“…Our rates of probable psychiatric disorders were higher than those found in other studies (e.g., Haslam & Mallon, ), which may have been a result of our recruitment strategy (i.e., description of the study as a study of suicide and behavioral health); however, in line with general population studies (Weissman et al., ), our findings may reflect increasing behavioral health problems among firefighters over time, given that many studies were conducted over a decade ago. A detailed discussion of the patterns of PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, and suicidality found in this sample are provided elsewhere (Boffa et al., ; Chu et al., ; Hom et al., ).…”

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“…The Florida State University Institutional Review Board approved this study. Of note, additional articles focused on other psychiatric symptoms clusters have been published using these data (see Chu et al, 2016;Chu et al, 2017;Boffa et al, 2017;Hom et al, 2016;Stanley, Boffa, Hom, Kimbrel, & Joiner, 2017).…”

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Examining Physical and Sexual Abuse Histories as Correlates of Suicide Risk Among Firefighters

Hom

Matheny

Stanley

et al. 2017

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Research indicates that physical and sexual abuse are associated with increased suicide risk; however, these associations have not been investigated among firefighters—an occupational group that has been shown to be at elevated suicide risk. This study examined whether physical and sexual abuse histories are associated with (a) career suicide ideation, plans, and attempts; and (b) current suicide risk (controlling for theoretically relevant symptoms) in this occupational group. A sample of 929 U.S. firefighters completed self‐report surveys that assessed lifetime history of physical and sexual abuse; career suicide ideation, plans, and attempts; current suicide risk; and theoretically relevant symptoms. Logistic regression analyses revealed that individuals who reported a history of physical abuse were significantly more likely to report career suicide ideation, adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 6.12, plans, AOR = 13.05, and attempts, AOR = 23.81, than those who did not. A similar pattern of findings emerged for individuals who reported a sexual abuse history, AORs = 7.83, 18.35, and 29.58 respectively. Linear regression analyses revealed that physical and sexual abuse histories each significantly predicted current suicide risk, even after controlling for theoretically relevant symptoms and demographics, pr2 = .07 and .06, respectively. Firefighters with a history of physical and/or sexual abuse may be at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A history of physical and sexual abuse were each significantly correlated with current suicide risk in this population, even after accounting for the effects of theoretically relevant symptoms. Thus, when conceptualizing suicide risk among firefighters, factors not necessarily related to one's firefighter career should be considered.

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PTSD symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among firefighters

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The Capability for Suicide in Firefighters

The Capability for Suicide in Firefighters

Stress Relief and Related Factors in Camp Program for Firefighters

Examining Physical and Sexual Abuse Histories as Correlates of Suicide Risk Among Firefighters

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