Mental illness, mental health care use among police officers

What The Study Did:

A survey study of Texas police officers examines how common mental illness and mental health care use are in a large urban department.

Authors:

Katelyn K. Jetelina, M.P.H., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in Dallas, is the corresponding author.

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