A review of the literature on the health outcomes associated with work-related stress in firefighters. Read More
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Micro Versus Macro Processes: How specific stress exposure impacts sleep, affect, and risk-related behavior on the path to disease in high-risk adults
A study on how different forms of stress affect sleep, risk-related behaviors, and emotional states in firefighters. Read More
A Behavioral-Analytic Model for Assessing Stress in Firefighters
A study on a new screening measure of stress for firefighters. Read More
Psychological distress and line-of-duty head injuries in firefighters
A study on how line-of-duty head injuries may impact firefighters' mental health. Read More
Sleep quality and sleep disturbances among volunteer and professional French firefighters: FIRESLEEP study
A study on self-reported sleep quality and sleep disturbance in French firefighters. Read More
Hippocampal cerebral blood flow increased following low-pressure hyperbaric oxygenation in firefighters with mild traumatic brain injury and emotional distress
A study on the effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on limbic blood flow in firefighters with mild brain injuries and emotional distress Read More
Supporting Firefighter Mental Health During Covid-19: A Scoping Review
A review of published studies on strategies to manage firefighter mental health. Read More
Cross-jurisdiction and contextual evaluations of mental health resiliency training in firefighters [Video]
Dr. MacDermid and Captain Fraser discuss the challenges of delivering mental health resiliency training in 2 different fire services, and what worked for successful program implementation. Read More
Identifying the impact of formal and informal critical incident interventions on firefighters’ exposure to posttraumatic stress injury in a Northwestern Ontario fire service [Video]
Dr. Sinden and Firefighter Bolduc discuss the burden of critical incident exposure and post-traumatic stress injury risk in Thunder Bay firefighters, and the impact of being a Critical Incident Response Team member. Read More
Recovery Sleep versus Emotion Regulation in Predicting Fire Service Shift Workers Stress, Fatigue and Irritability
A study on the relationship between sleep and emotion regulation and mental health issues. Read More
Prevalence of Mental Ill-Health in a Cohort of First Responders Attending the Fort McMurray Fire
A study that estimated the mental health disorder rates in firefighters deployed to the 2016 Fort McMurray fire. Read More
The Quality, Readability, Completeness, and Accuracy of PTSD Websites for Firefighters
We checked the quality of PTSD websites for firefighters. Read More
