A review of the literature on the health outcomes associated with work-related stress in firefighters. Read More
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Environmental Scan of Return to Work Programs for Trauma-Related Mental Health Conditions
A study that explored what return to work programs are available for workers with trauma-related mental health conditions. Read More
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
