Risk and Resiliency Factors in the RCMP: A Prospective Investigation

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), like all public safety personnel (PSP), are frequently exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events that contribute to posttraumatic stress injuries (PTSI). Addressing PTSI is impeded by the limited available research. The RCMP are working to build evidence-based solutions to PTSI and other mental health challenges facing their members, which by extension will help all PSP, as part of the Canadian Government Federal Framework on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. A key element is the Longitudinal Study of Operational Stress Injuries / Étude longitudinale sur les traumatismes liés au stress opérationnel, a study which has been renamed Risk and Resiliency Factors in the RCMP: A Prospective Investigation, and is referred to as the RCMP Study for short. The RCMP Study has been detailed online (www.rcmpstudy.ca) and in a recently published peer-reviewed protocol paper, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Study: protocol for a prospective investigation of mental health risk and resilience factors (https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.8.02). The RCMP Study, part of the concerted efforts by the RCMP to reduce PTSI by improving access to evidence-based assessments, treatments, and training as well as participant recruitment and RCMP Study developments to date. The RCMP Study has been designed to (1) develop, deploy and assess the impact of a system for ongoing annual, monthly and daily evidence-based assessments; (2) evaluate associations between demographic variables and PTSI; (3) longitudinally assess individual differences associated with PTSI; (4) augment the RCMP Cadet Training Program with skills to proactively mitigate PTSI; and (5) assess the impact of the augmented training condition (ATC) versus the standard training condition (STC). Participants in the STC (n = 480) and ATC (n = 480) are assessed before and after training and annually for 5 years on their deployment date; they also complete brief monthly and daily surveys. The RCMP Study results are expected to benefit the mental health of all participants, RCMP and PSP by reducing PTSI among all who serve.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 19
Maximum Age: 57
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Cadets starting the RCMP Cadet Training Program

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
University of Regina
RECRUITING
Regina
Contact Information
Primary
R. Nicholas Carleton, PhD
nick.carleton@uregina.ca
306-337-2387
Backup
Jonathan Burry, PM
Jonathan.Burry@uregina.ca
306-337-2667
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-04-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 960
Treatments
Active_comparator: Standard Training Condition (STC)
The STC has received the standard RCMP Depot Division (Depot) Cadet Training Program as has been provided to cadets prior to June 2022. The STC and the ATC will complete the same standardized self-report assessments, clinical interview assessments, and biometric assessments, and receive the same feedback and reporting based on those assessments.
Experimental: Augmented Training Condition (ATC)
The Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to cultivate constructive approach-oriented emotional engagement. The 13-week Emotional Resilience Training (ERST) is an adaptation of the UP designed for use as a proactive training course. The ERST frames emotional experiences as natural responses to threat, rather than pathological occurrences to avoid; as such, the ERST is well-suited for mitigating health challenges and the skills may also help PSP to support persons in distress, including other PSP and the community members they all serve. The ERST training materials include an instructor guide, didactic PowerPoints, and a trainee workbook. The ERST was designed for seamless integration with the Cadet Training Program, effective June 2022, which is what creates the augmented training arm (i.e., the ATC).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Government of Canada, Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Leads: University of Regina

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov