Research shows emergency service personnel are twice as likely to develop anxiety, depression, and PTSD but a new Flinders University support program is aiming to prevent the onset of mental health conditions for first responders.
Flinders University has partnered with South Australian emergency services to increase the resilience of early- career emergency responders and reduce the impact of their exposure to traumatic events.
With over 500 South Australian first responders and their significant others signing up to date, the skills and early interventions provided in the program named ‘Protecting Emergency Responders with Evidence-Based Interventions’ (PEREI) are already rated highly.
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