Research SquareJune 17, 2026Tanya Dudinskaya, Miliaikeala Heen, Joel Lieberman et al.
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Abstract Objectives Law enforcement officers (LEOs) experience chronic occupational stressors linked to psychological and physiological challenges, with limited research on social health impacts. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of the pilot Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training for First Responders (MBRT-FR) on LEOs’ psychological, physiological, and social...
Objective: Two of the most common and costly mental health diagnoses among military veterans who served in the post-9/11 conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, but over half of veterans who screen positive for these problems do not seek treatment. A key barrier is self-stigma of mental illness. Mindfulness has shown promise as an explanatory...