Impact of Social Factors on Mental Health of Police Officers

Abstract

Mental disorders are prevalent among police officers and some of these personnel working in this hard condition seek care for mental health-related concerns. Different factors can cause triggers of these mental health problems of these populations. Analyzing these factors, examining cause and result relation, and finding ways to increase use of psychological support program for police staff are necessary. The literature materials, policy papers about this problem are conducted in this study. The structure of the paper is descriptive research that includes literature review. It is recommended to do deep statistical analyzing for the steps, that covers more detailed information about mental health issues of police officers. This suggestion can be helpful for preparing prevention programs, that are helpful not only police staff, and also society. This point has been discussed as the implications of our results with suggestions for policy and practice. Keywords: policy officers, mental health issues, social factors, job opportunity