The CDC found work stress in first responders can be associated with elevated risk for depression and other issues.
NEW YORK -- For years, some organizations have been sounding the alarm about a growing epidemic -- serious mental health issues suffered by some first responders.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found work stress in first responders can be associated with elevated risk for suicide, anxiety, depression and other issues.Local law enforcement agencies are now renewing efforts to highlight mental health resources available to officers.
'Today, law enforcement have many stressors -- the battle on the war on drugs, the battle on terrorism and crime, but we're under such a focus that it's creating so much stress,' said Joe Occhipinti, executive director of the National Police Defense Foundation.'In a job that, when I started was, you're a very well-respected person. People wanted to talk to cops. They wanted to be your friend. Now, it's the opposite,' Weitzman said.
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