More police suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder

This report is out of the Netherlands

More police suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder than was previously expected.

The National police report that between 1500 and 2500 co-workers are guessed to suffer from PTSS, because they are referred for treatment, according to the National Police Deputy Chief Constable Gerard Bouman,who told the tv programme Zembla on Thursday.

PTSD is an occupational stress syndrome that has been validated as such at the police corps for two years. Around 4000 officers are already registered as patients, of a total of 60,000 officers, the AD reports. But Bouman thinks that more officers may have the disorder. “There are really too many. I am convinced that there are also cases that, because there was little attention for it, were a dark number and weren’t counted.”

Keep this in mind the next time you read about police officers losing their jobs here in the US because of PTSD. It happens more times than you know.

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