Police officers stigmatize seeking help for mental-health issues. It could be damaging for the commu

[Amy-Strange]

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Police officers stigmatize seeking help for mental-health issues. It could be damaging for the communities they're supposed to serve and protect.

Police officers across the US face stigmatization when it comes to mental health, and refusing to seek treatment could affect communities they're expected to protect, experts told Insider.
The police profession is constructed around the notion of helping others, and for many officers that means showing no signs of weakness, even when it comes to daily stresses and mental health.
Consequences of not seeking mental-health treatment put officers at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, mania, and panic attacks, experts say.

When Seth Stoughton became a police officer, he noticed that part of taking the oath to protect and serve meant that men and women in blue were "supposed to handle their s---."

Feeling the impact of things they'd seen or experienced in the line of duty was considered a weakness, and could even put their jobs in jeopardy, Stoughton, now a policing expert and associate professor at the University of South Carolina Law School, told Insider.

While he would often talk to other officers about the stress in their personal lives, talking about the stress of their work was taboo.

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[kimbutgar]

1. I dated a cop when I was a wee lass and the guy needed mental health counseling.

I had come out of a failed marriage and dated him for awhile but when I stopped seeing him I used the excuse I still had to get over my divorce. He accepted that excuse and we remained friends. But the guy was off.

[pwb]

2. Cops have mostly only cop friends. They are not likable.

To me anyway .