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Acute and chronic job stressors among ambulance personnel: Predictors of health symptoms

Cardiovascular risk factor reduction in first responders resulting from an individualized lifestyle and blood test program

Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Current perspectives on the use of meditation to reduce blood pressure

Downtime after critical incidents in emergency medical technicians/paramedic

A human component to consider in your emergency management plans: the critical incident stress factor

Mindfulness-based resilience training to reduce health risk, stress reactivity, and aggression among law enforcement officers: A reasibility and preliminary efficacy trial

The moderating effect of self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness on police occupational stress: Preliminary results

Resilience@Work mindfulness program: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial with first responders

Responder Resilience: Evidence-based program improves and sustains first-responder behavioral health

The shift length experiment: What we know about 8-, 10- and 12-hour shifts in policing

Suicide surveillance, prevention, and intervention measures for the U.S. Fire Service

Concern about lower life expectancy among reasons for new wellness program for Steamboat police

Article from the Steamboat Pilot & Today

The effects of trauma on first responders

A series of articles from The Dialogue, a publication of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Establishing credibility with the first responder community

Advice for peers, counselors and psychologists from Law Officer

First Responders and Mental Health

Article from Psychology Today

The Law Enforcement Marriage: Knowing When It's Time to Get Help

Article from the International Association of Chiefs of Police

National Data Shows Firefighters’ Mental, Emotional Health Not Getting Enough Attention

Report on a joint study by NBC Bay Area and the International Association of Firefighters

Nutritional Psychology and Its Impact on Emergency Responders

Article from the Journal of Emergency Medical Services

Recognizing, treating, and managing post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders

Discussion on New Hampshire Public Radio

Strong, brave and traumatized: Upstate SC first responders often haunted by what they see

Article from the Greenville (S.C.) News

Time to talk about it

Discussion of responder mental health from EMS World magazine

Who takes care of caregivers?

Article from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

Why our first responders are so burned out

Analysis from Vice on how empathy can actually work against responders

First Responders and Mental Health: When Heroes Need Rescuing

Officer Safety & Wellness and the Impact of New Technology

Summary Report of Survey Results: Officer Safety & Wellness and the Impact of New Technology (National Law Enforcement Applied Research & Data Platform)