Warr;or21: A 21-Day Program to Enhance First Responder Resilience and Mental Health

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Thompson, Jeff
Drew, Jacqueline M
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2020
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First responders face multiple stressors on a daily basis. They have experienced higher rates of anxiety disorders, depression, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide (Asmundson and Stapleton, 2008), alcohol and substance abuse (Ballenger et al., 2010), and deficient sleep hygiene (Pearsall, 2012) compared to the general population. Existing resilience research can be utilized and adapted to help first responders cope in a positive manner as a form of prevention and also as part of their recovery. New resiliency programs continue to emerge and this paper details one - warr;or21. The warr;or21 program is explained and based on an evaluation of the program's preliminary data, the results are promising with how the program can assist first responders (and the general public) increase their resiliency and mental health.

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Frontiers in Psychology

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11

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© 2020 Thompson and Drew. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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Psychology

Cognitive and computational psychology

first responder

gratitude

law enforcement

mental health

mindfulness

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Thompson, J; Drew, JM, Warr;or21: A 21-Day Program to Enhance First Responder Resilience and Mental Health, Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, 11, pp. 2078

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