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Journal article
Suicidal Ideation, Planning, and Attempts Among new Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.68(9), pp.691-698
2023
PMID: 36734146
Abstract
Background:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report diverse occupational stressors and repeated exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events, which may increase the odds of screening positive for a mental disorder, and increase the risk of death by suicide. The current study was designed to provide prevalence information regarding suicidal behaviours (i.e., ideation, planning, attempts) and assess for sociodemographic differences among cadets at the start of the RCMP Cadet Training Program (CTP).
Method:
Cadets (n = 736, 74.0% male) were administered the structured Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview by a mental health clinician or a supervised clinical psychologist trainee. The interview includes an assessment of past month suicidal ideation, planning, attempts and lifetime suicide attempts.
Results:
Within 1 month of starting the CTP, a small percentage of cadets reported past month suicidal ideation (1.6%) and no cadets reported any suicidal planning (0%) or attempts (0%). Lifetime suicide attempts were reported by (1.5%) of cadets.
Conclusions:
The current results provide the first information describing the prevalence of suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts among RCMP cadets starting the CTP. The estimates of suicidal behaviours appear lower than the general population and lower than reports from serving RCMP. Higher prevalence estimates of suicidal behaviours reported by serving RCMP, relative to lower estimates among cadets starting the CTP in the current study, may be related to age, cumulative experiences or protracted exposures to operational and organizational stressors, rather than insufficient screening of recruits.
Details
- Title
- Suicidal Ideation, Planning, and Attempts Among new Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets
- Authors
- Jolan Nisbet (Corresponding Author) - University of ReginaLaleh Jamshidi - University of ReginaKirby Q. Maguire - University of ReginaTracie O. Afifi - University of ManitobaAlain Brunet - Douglas Mental Health University InstituteAmber J. Fletcher - University of ReginaGordon J.G. Asmundson - University of ReginaJitender Sareen - University of ManitobaRobyn E. Shields - University of ReginaKatie L. Andrews - Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and TreatmentShannon Sauer-Zavala - University of KentuckyJ. Patrick Neary - University of ReginaLisa Lix - University of ManitobaSherry H. Stewart - Dalhousie UniversityGregory P. Krätzig - Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceR. Nicholas Carleton - University of Regina
- Publication details
- The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.68(9), pp.691-698
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1177/07067437221149469
- ISSN
- 1497-0015; 0706-7437
- PMID
- 36734146
- Copyright note
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Data Availability
- Data access will not be provided due to the sensitive nature of the content.
- Grant note
- The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The RCMP Study is supported by the RCMP, the Government of Canada and the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. L. Lix is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Methods for Electronic Health Data Quality. T. O. Afifi is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Childhood Adversity and Resilience. S. H. Stewart is supported by a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health. The current article’s development, analyses and distribution was supported by a generous grant from the Medavie Foundation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991105742402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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