In this episode, Breaking the Silence on PTSD: Supporting the Mental Health of First Responders with Dr. Nick Carleton, we’ll explore the innovative ways that Dr. Nick Carleton is helping first responders overcome mental health issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We’ll hear how Nick and his team are helping break the stigma around talking about mental health in jobs where witnessing trauma is a daily occurrence. We’ll also learn about Nick’s role in leading a first-of-its-kind, longitudinal study into the mental health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets.

 

Dr. Nicholas Carleton, is a professor of clinical psychology, a registered clinical psychologist in Saskatchewan, and is currently serving as the scientific director for the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters exploring the fundamental bases of anxiety and related disorders. He has given more than 400 national and international conference presentations. He also serves as an active member of several national and international professional associations. As a principal or co-principal investigator, he has been awarded more than 60 million in competitive external funding. He has received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including recent induction as a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, and as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and was awarded the 2020 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research.

Dr. Carleton is actively involved in clinical and experimental research, with his interests including the biopsychosocial measurement, assessment, and treatments of trauma and anxiety, focusing on transdiagnostics and fundamental cognitions. He currently serves as principal investigator on the RCMP Longitudinal PTSD Study (www.rcmpstudy.ca), the associated extension study for Saskatchewan public safety personnel (www.saskptsistudy.ca), and co-principal investigator on the Federal Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for public safety personnel (www.PSPSNET.ca).

 

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