%0 Journal Article
%T How do recruits and superintendents perceive the problem of suicide in the Italian State Police?
%J Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità
%D 2018
%A Grassi, Cinzia
%A Del Casale, Antonio
%A Ferracuti, Stefano
%A Cucè, Petri
%A Santorsa, Roberto
%A Pelliccione, Andrea
%A Marotta, Gemma
%A Tavella, Giuseppe
%A Tatarelli, Roberto
%A Girardi, Paolo
%A Rapinesi, Chiara
%A Kotzalidis, Georgios D.
%A Pompili, Maurizio
%V 54
%N 2
%P 82-89
%X BACKGROUND: Suicide in international police is 2-3-fold that of the general population. Risk factors include suicidal ideation, diagnosis of mood or post-traumatic stress disorders, family/psychological problems, suffered abuse, alcohol use, service suspension, and stigma. A false stigma-related myth is to believe that suicide does not cause concern within military settings. <br><br>METHODS: We administered post-training to 6103 Italian Police workers a 30-item questionnaire to assess the perception of suicidal phenomena. We conducted descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and analyses of variance of data. <br><br>RESULTS: We identified seven factors, i.e., health and environmental risk factors; need for new preventive interventions; emotional reaction to suicide; negation, indifference and minimization; utility of current preventive interventions; risk related to personal factors; intervention difficulties. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaire showed content validity and consistency in investigating perceptions about suicide in the State Police. Data synthesis showed a mature approach and appropriate perception of the suicide problem on behalf of Italian State Police workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Istituto superiore di sanit
%@ 0021-2571
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_18_02_02