Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets
IntroductionRoyal 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 monit...
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| author | Robyn E. Shields 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 Alain Brunet Shannon Sauer-Zavala Gregory P. Krätzig J. Patrick Neary Jitender Sareen R. Nicholas Carleton R. Nicholas Carleton |
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| description | IntroductionRoyal 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).MethodsParticipants were RCMP cadets (n = 394; 76.1% men) in the Standard Training Program who completed the 26-week CTP and daily self-monitoring surveys, as well as full mental health assessments at pre-training (i.e., starting the CTP) and pre-deployment (i.e., ~2 weeks prior to deployment to the field). Symptoms of alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder were assessed. Changes in mental health disorder symptom reporting from pre-training to pre-deployment were calculated. Spearman’s rank correlations were estimated for number of daily surveys completed and change in mental health disorder symptom scores between pre-training and pre-deployment.ResultsThere 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.ConclusionAn 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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| spelling | doaj.art-0507d36f012044b593757ef792a73d822023-08-04T19:20:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-08-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11451941145194Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police CadetsRobyn E. Shields0Robyn E. Shields1Taylor A. Teckchandani2Gordon J. G. Asmundson3Jolan Nisbet4Rachel L. Krakauer5Katie L. Andrews6Kirby Q. Maguire7Laleh Jamshidi8Tracie O. Afifi9Lisa M. Lix10Alain Brunet11Shannon Sauer-Zavala12Gregory P. Krätzig13J. Patrick Neary14Jitender Sareen15R. Nicholas Carleton16R. Nicholas Carleton17Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaMcGill’s Psychiatry Department and Douglas Institute Research Center, Montréal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaFaculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaDepartment of Psychiatry, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaCanadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaAnxiety and Illness Behaviours Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, CanadaIntroductionRoyal 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).MethodsParticipants were RCMP cadets (n = 394; 76.1% men) in the Standard Training Program who completed the 26-week CTP and daily self-monitoring surveys, as well as full mental health assessments at pre-training (i.e., starting the CTP) and pre-deployment (i.e., ~2 weeks prior to deployment to the field). Symptoms of alcohol use disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder were assessed. Changes in mental health disorder symptom reporting from pre-training to pre-deployment were calculated. Spearman’s rank correlations were estimated for number of daily surveys completed and change in mental health disorder symptom scores between pre-training and pre-deployment.ResultsThere 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.ConclusionAn 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1145194/fullmental health monitoringself-reportmental health disorder symptomsRoyal Canadian Mounted Policecadets |
| spellingShingle | Robyn E. Shields 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 Alain Brunet Shannon Sauer-Zavala Gregory P. Krätzig J. Patrick Neary Jitender Sareen R. Nicholas Carleton R. Nicholas Carleton Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets Frontiers in Psychology mental health monitoring self-report mental health disorder symptoms Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets |
| title | Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets |
| title_full | Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets |
| title_fullStr | Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets |
| title_short | Daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets |
| title_sort | daily survey participation and positive changes in mental health symptom scores among royal canadian mounted police cadets |
| topic | mental health monitoring self-report mental health disorder symptoms Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1145194/full |
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