Suicide Trends in the Italian State Police during the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic
A Comparison with the Pre-Pandemic Period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15510532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvana Maselli (Ministry of Interior), Antonio Del Casale (0000-0003-2427-6944, Sapienza University of Rome), Elena Paoli (0000-0003-0180-7386, Ministry of Interior, corresponding author), Maurizio Pompili (0000-0003-1886-4977, Sapienza University of Rome), Sergio Garbarino (0000-0002-8508-552X, Ministry of Interior) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 5904-5904 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19105904 |
| PMID | 35627441 |
| OpenAlex | W4280618596 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 66 |
The pandemic is posing an occupational stressor for law enforcement personnel. Therefore, a high priority is the need to quantify this phenomenon and put supportive programs in place. During the pandemic period, the Italian State Police implemented different support programs for the personnel. These included a national toll-free number to provide information on COVID-19 to police staff, availability of a health care service by doctors and nurses at the national level, vaccination services, working remotely, and a psychological intervention protocol called "Together we can" ("Insieme Possiamo"). Our study firstly aims to perform a descriptive analysis of the suicide in the Italian police from 2016 to 2021, and secondly aims to compare the pandemic and pre-pandemic periods. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (February 2020 to October 2021), the suicide rate in the State Police did not significantly increase compared to the pre-pandemic period, showing a stable trend with a not significant decrease in the suicide rate. The implementation of staff support services by the Central Directorate of Health of the Italian State Police and individual resilience aspects of the Police personnel in response to the pandemic may have positively affected the phenomenon. These aspects pave the way to further studies on the issue to improve preventive strategies
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Law enforcement · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Pandemic · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |