As you have seen, law enforcement professionals may experience high levels of cortisol and adrenaline over time, which can lead to a number of troublesome physical and mental health issues.
For this Assignment, you will examine the risks and consequences of law enforcement work and consider when forensic psychology interventions may be of the greatest benefit to law enforcement professionals.
Note on licensure: The MS and PhD in Forensic Psychology programs are non-licensure programs. They do not prepare an individual to become a licensed psychology professional; or to evaluate, do therapy with, or treat individuals in correctional or related settings. In addition, the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Committee on Accreditation (CoA) does not accredit master’s-level programs and only accredits doctoral programs in professional psychology (clinical, counseling, and school). Review the Police Officer Timeline—Richard Walker’s Story media program and consider what evidence of the following mental health issues he demonstrated:
Choose one of the mental health issues demonstrated in the Police Officer Timeline—Richard Walker’s Story media program on which to focus for this Assignment.
Use the Walden Library and/or the internet to identify and review current research about the mental health issue you selected, as it relates to law enforcement.
Note: You must identify a minimum of five recent (within the last 10 years), peer-reviewed articles to use to support your presentation.
Use the APA Course Paper Template (APA 7) found in this week’s Learning Resources to complete your Assignment.
Assignment (3-4 pages, not including title and references pages)
Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:
Describe the impact that the mental health issue you selected had on Officer Walker’s behavior.
Explain what the current research says about the mental health issue you selected, as it relates to law enforcement.
Use this week’s Learning Resources, as well as the five or more recent (within the last 10 years), peer-reviewed articles you identified to support your presentation. Use proper APA format and style for all references and citations.
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