Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Police Officers
First Responder Wellness
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
by: Nancy Ryba Panza, PhD, ABPP At First Responder Wellness we specialize in the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is diagnosed when someone has been exposed to an incident (or incidents) that involve actual or threatened death, injury, or sexual violence and then develops impairing symptoms after that exposure. Given the high propensity for police officers to be exposed to such events, it is not surprising that we see a higher rate of PTSD in officers than in the general p
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