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.
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.
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.