Fit for public safety: Informing attitudes and practices tied to the hiring of public safety personnel

Recent recognition that public safety personnel (PSP) have a high prevalence of mental disorders has initiated a discussion around PSP mental readiness for their work. The discussions have raised new interest in potential protective factors or characteristics of PSP that may be identifiable at recruitment and used to mitigate mental disorders among high-exposure occupations. We draw on a pan-Canada study of mental disorder prevalence to...