Hi there!
In his 2014 masterpiece The Body Keeps the Score, van der Kolk claims that traumatized people may "try to cultivate an illusory sense of control in highly dangerous situations" in an attempt to master the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma. Is there any research which shows that emergency workers (police officers in particular) have a higher incidence of trauma prior to joining the job? That is, is there any research which proves that trauma may be a motivator that pushes people to become emergency workers? I'm acquainted with the idea of the "wounded healer", but I'm interested in the scientific literature on the topic as it relates not to therapists but to emergency workers.
Thanks a lot.
Best,
Marc
Hi I don't know if there is anything in that area. But it seems to be quite interesting. I ask you to share with me if you seek to find something
I haven't personally seem much literature looking at rates of early trauma exposure among emergency professionals except for the following article:
Maunder, R. G., Halpern, J., Schwartz, B., & Gurevich, M. (2012). Symptoms and responses to critical incidents in paramedics who have experienced childhood abuse and neglect. Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(3), 222–227. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.099838
The Maunder et al one is the one I am aware of.
Article Symptoms and responses to critical incidents in paramedics w...
Another relevant one is https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11346674/
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