EMS Mental Health Study

“Dynamic psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with mental health in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel”

Published in the Journal of Affective Disorders

Highlighted Findings

• Emergency medical service personnel have a heightened risk for PTSD and depression relative to other occupational populations.
• Dynamic psychosocial factors contribute to this elevated risk.
• Daily occupational stressors predicted elevated PTSD symptom severity.
• Daily social conflicts predicted elevated depression symptom severity.
• The meaning made from the day’s challenges and recovery activities predicted lower depression symptom severity.

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