Obstacles and Facilitators to the Treatment of Police Officers With Mental Health Disorders

Qualitative Investigation Into the Obstacles and Facilitators to the Treatment of Police Officers With Mental Health Disorders

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06503705

Acronym

BASP

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-16

Start date

2024-07-08

Completion date

2026-07-08

Last updated

2025-05-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Keywords

Mental Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Anxiety Syndrome, Depression Syndrome, Mental health difficulties, Policmen

Brief summary

Police officers are subject to various professional risk factors that can contribute to the occurrence of mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In previous work, low use of specialized care structures was noted. Added to this is the carrying of a weapon which represents an element facilitating the passage to self-aggressive action. The objective of the study is to identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Be an active, administrative police officer, or scientific and technical police officer of the national police in France for more than a year, * Or work for the Ministry of the Interior as support staff, or medical staff, * Agree to participate in the study, * Agree to talk about the problem without managerial or union preconceptions.

Exclusion criteria

* Be in post for the Ministry of the Interior for less than a year. * Be stationed in the Bas Rhin department (France), where the principal investigator works.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
To identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.	Up to 1 year	* The analysis of the interviews with the police officers will be carried out using a method inspired by grounded theory; with first a deductive approach, then inductive; thirdly, links will be sought between the different categories of analysis to try to develop a synthetic representation of the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers with mental health disorders. * Grounded theory research assumes that data, rather than existing theories or hypotheses, determine what knowledge is revealed. By systematically analyzing qualitative data, it seeks to understand the social phenomena studied.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactNathalie NOURRY, MD

nathalie.nourry@chru-strasbourg.fr33 3 88 11 64 66

Outcome results