PTSD is a disorder often resulting from experiencing a shocking, dangerous or traumatic event that overwhelms an individual’s built-in coping abilities.
Shift work and difficulty sleeping are accepted as the norm in emergency services.
Hypervigilance syndrome, common in first responders, describes the drastic swing between two phases, the on-duty and off-duty phases.
All good things come to an end, and this includes rewarding and exciting careers in public service.
Individual responders need not be part of a particular emergency services agency to access our support.
The Embedded Behavioral Health (EBH) model is an early intervention and treatment structure of the BH care model that promotes first responder readiness and resilience.
We deliver services to help agencies and departments integrate BH into the agency/department structure to better serve communities and personnel.
More and more agencies and departments are developing their own internal peer support teams.