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Originally Posted by Daradon
Question for you Dissentowner. It's been stated on many shows that officers who go for trauma counseling and the like can end up damaging their carrers because of the stigma attached. Is that true, or is that just a movie/television thing? Or maybe it was true at one point, but now that we talk about it more there is more understanding about mental health issues?
I would hope that they can get all the help they can get as obviously the possibility of it getting quite bad (like in this situation) is there for all on duty.
Such a sad story.  |
That is no true, officers are encouraged to seek help when they need it and nobody will look down on them. I think some of that old school thinking still lurks though but it is getting better. Policing has come a long way when it comes to mental health issues which is great but it is still a fairly new process.
Yes, no officer wants his colleagues to hear he is seeing a shrink and yet I believe nobody would actually come down on the guy for it. It is just one of those manly insecurities I think. I would definitely be seeking some serious treatment if I was at the scene of this threads topic.