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Stress management

  • Correctional Staff Wellness: Making Choices Toward a Higher Level of Total Health and Well Being [Videoconference Held June 16, 2004]

    This program focuses on the importance of staff wellness in a correctional environment. Topics discussed include:
  • Hitting the Wall: Dealing with Stress in Corrections [Lesson Plan and Participant's Manual]

    Issues surrounding stress in a correctional setting, like the effects, sources, and symptoms of stress, burnout, and coping strategies, are covered
  • Florida Mortality Study: Florida Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers compared to Florida General Population

    This study was conducted to determine if there is a difference in lifespan between law enforcement and correctional officers and the general public
  • Depression, PTSD, and Comorbidity in United States Corrections Professionals: Prevalence and Impact on Health and Functioning

    “The purpose of this study was to estimate prevalence rates for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and comorbid PTSD/depression in
  • The Prevention of Trauma Reactions in Police Officers: Decreasing Reliance in Drugs and Alcohol

    This report examines the use of a resilience training program for new-recruit police officers designed to help them alleviate stress and trauma exp
  • The Impact of Correctional Officer Perceptions of Inmates on Job Stress

    The relationship between the levels of stress experiences by correctional officers and their opinion of inmates is examined.
  • Causes of Correctional Officer Stress and Its Consequences

    The factors which contribute to correctional officer stress and the ways correctional agencies can help to reduce this stress were examined.
  • The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 1

    This program is the first of a two-part webinar, and covers the physical and emotional challenges faced by correctional personnel.
  • The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 2

    This program is the second of a two-part webinar, and covers the physical and emotional challenges faced by correctional personnel.
  • Correctional Officer Wellness and Safety Literature Review

    "Health and wellness among those who work in correctional agencies is an issue that has always existed, but is just starting to get the increasing
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