Tackling the Macho Culture

Brayne, Mark; Greenberg, Neil

doi:10.1002/9780470773246.ch17

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“…Papazoglou argues that the trauma experienced by police personnel is varied and cumulative over time, consistent with the prolonged and repeated pattern of trauma conceptualized by Herman (1992) as "complex posttraumatic stress disorder." Brayne and Greenberg (2008) highlight the importance of stigma preventing police officers from asking for help, and liken this to the experience of military populations (Hoge et al, 2004). Miller (1995) reports that seeking assistance was believed to be a sign of cowardice among police officers, and an admission of in-competence.…”

Section: Help-seekingmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Brayne and Greenberg (2008) highlight the importance of stigma preventing police officers from asking for help, and liken this to the experience of military populations (Hoge et al, 2004). Miller (1995) reports that seeking assistance was believed to be a sign of cowardice among police officers, and an admission of incompetence.…”

Section: Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A key facet of TriM is its focus on producing longer term cultural change within organizations (Brayne & Greenberg, 2008). Within the police, it is hoped that the peer-support element of TriM will encourage the open recognition of trauma-related distress, and decrease the public and structural stigma associated with mental health distress, in turn reducing self-stigma and encouraging help-seeking behavior.…”

Section: Trauma Risk Management (Trim)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The scores on the stigma and barriers to care measure indicate that police personnel fear the perceived negative attitudes of others, which may result in them avoiding seeking help as suggested by Papazoglou (2013) and Brayne and Greenberg (2008). Therefore, the focus of cultural change in the police needs to be in decreasing the public-stigma and perceived risks of seeking help for psychological difficulties.…”

Section: Attitudes To Seeking Help For Psychological Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The effect of a Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) program on stigma and barriers to help-seeking in the police.

Watson

Andrews

2018

International Journal of Stress Management

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Police personnel exposed to potentially traumatic events as part of their operational duty may develop psychological problems. A number of UK Police Forces have made use of Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) in response. TRiM is a peer-support process that aims to support employees following trauma, reduce stigma, and encourage help-seeking. Research within military populations has provided preliminary support for the beneficial effects, and importantly no detrimental effects of using TRiM. However, to date there are only a small number of studies that have conducted research into the use of TRiM with police populations. A cross-sectional online questionnaire study compared personnel from 3 forces using TRiM (TRiM group, n = 693) with personnel from 2 forces without TRiM (non-TRiM group, n = 166). The questionnaire included measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, barriers to help-seeking, self-stigma, and public-stigma. The TRiM group reported lower levels of PTSD symptoms, demonstrated less stigmatized views toward experiencing mental health difficulties, and perceived fewer barriers to help-seeking than did the non-TRiM group. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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