R Nicholas Carleton, Laleh Jamshidi, Kirby Q Maguire, Lisa M Lix, Sherry H Stewart, Tracie O Afifi, Jitender Sareen, Katie L Andrews, Nicholas A Jones, Jolan Nisbet, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, J Patrick Neary, Alain Brunet, Gregory P Krätzig, Amber J Fletcher, Taylor A Teckchandani, Terence M Keane, Gordon J G Asmundson
OBJECTIVE: Serving Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have screened positive for one or more mental disorders based on self-reported symptoms with substantial prevalence (i.e., 50.2%). Mental health challenges for military and paramilitary populations have historically been attributed to insufficient recruit screening; however, cadet mental health when starting the Cadet Training Program (CTP) was unknown. Our objective was to estimate RCMP Cadet mental health when starting the CTP and test for sociodemographic differences...
May 2, 2023: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie