Limited research exists in the area of police mental wellness and suicide prevention, especially regarding programs utilized by these agencies. The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of the prevalence of use of police officer wellness promotion and suicide prevention programs implemented in the United States and an understanding of the perceptions of program effectiveness (Part A). We also sought to determine whether differences exist in the mental wellness and perspectives of programming of officers from agencies who utilize suicide prevention and wellness programs compared to those agencies who do not (Part B). Data for Part A was collected directly from agencies via a stratified random sample of city police departments and sheriff's offices nationwide. Part B entailed completion of online surveys by individual officers from agencies participating in Part A. The final sample included 55 agencies for Part A and 144 officers for Part B. At the agency level (Part A), Employee Assistance Programs or counseling services were the most common programs offered, and, notably, planning for programming was inconsistent or not well established. At the officer level (Part B), almost 25% of respondents did not know whether their agency had programming; 35% did not feel their agency supports its officers' mental wellness. For officers who did feel their wellness was supported, they reported significantly less stress and higher overall well-being. Of officer respondents, 12.4% indicated it was either "quite" or "very likely" they would attempt suicide someday. Implications and suggestions for law enforcement agencies are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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由机构提供并由官员使用的自杀预防和健康计划：一项全国研究。

在警察的心理健康和自杀预防领域，尤其是在这些机构采用的方案方面，研究还很有限。该项目的目的是更好地了解在美国实施的警察健康促进和自杀预防计划的使用情况，以及对计划有效性的认识（A部分）。我们还试图确定与未使用自杀预防和健康计划的机构相比，那些没有使用自杀预防和健康计划的机构的官员在心理健康和编程观点上是否存在差异（B部分）。A部分的数据是通过分层的城市警察部门和全国警长办公室的随机样本直接从机构收集的。B部分要求参与A部分的机构的个人官员完成在线调查。最终样本包括A部分的55家代理商和B部分的144位官员。在机构一级（A部分），员工援助计划或咨询服务是提供的大多数常见程序，尤其是编程计划不一致或不够完善。在官员级别（B部分），几乎25％的受访者不知道他们的代理机构是否有计划。35％的人认为他们的机构不支持其官员的心理健康。对于确实感到自己的健康得到支持的军官，他们报告的压力明显减轻，整体幸福感更高。在警官中，有12.4％的人表示他们有朝一日企图自杀是“相当”或“很可能”。讨论了对执法机构的启示和建议。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。