Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Connections between daily stressors of police work and obesity, suicide

The daily psychological stresses that police officers experience in their work put them at significantly higher risk than the general population for a host of long-term physical and mental health effects. That's the overall finding of a major scientific study of the Buffalo Police Department called Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) conducted over five years by a University at Buffalo researcher.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120711/Connections-between-daily-stressors-of-police-work-and-obesity-suicide.aspx

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