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| John M ViolantiSummaryAffiliation: University at Buffalo Country: USA Publications
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Police trauma encounters: precursors of compassion fatigueJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, 270 Farber Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 6:75-80. 2004..Available strategies for prevention are discussed..- Hardiness and psychological distress in a cohort of police officersMichael E Andrew
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch in Morgantown, VW 26505, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 10:137-47. 2008..The magnitude of gender differences in these associations shows that for depressive and PTSD symptoms, the commitment dimension of hardiness may be more protective in female police officers than in male officers... - Police trauma and cardiovascular disease: association between PTSD symptoms and metabolic syndromeJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of NY at Buffalo, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 8:227-37. 2006..71, 95% C.I. = 0.99 - 7.37). Thus, officers with severe PTSD symptoms were approximately three times more likely to have the metabolic syndrome and education may account for some of this association... 
Shift-work and suicide ideation among police officersJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of NY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Am J Ind Med 51:758-68. 2008..This cross-sectional study assessed the association of shift work with suicide ideation among police officers...- Behind the blue shadow: a theoretical perspective for detecting police suicideJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, New York, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 14:37-40. 2012..More research is needed to help clarify the clinical usefulness of the IAT and its validity over time... - Adiposity in policing: mental health consequencesJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 13:257-66. 2011..075 for BMI, p = 0.317 for abdominal height, p = 0.114 for waist circumference). Additional factors that might influence this association should be examined prospectively in future work to help clarify causal direction... - Is suicide higher among separated/retired police officers? an epidemiological investigationJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 13:221-8. 2011..Results suggest a higher risk of suicide among working compared to separated/retired officers. However, the need for suicide prevention efforts remains important among both active and retired police officers... - Shift work and the incidence of injury among police officersJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 14260, USA
Am J Ind Med 55:217-27. 2012..Police officers may be injury prone due to fatigue, erratic work hours, and insufficient sleep. This study explored injury incidence among police officers across shifts... - Atypical work hours and metabolic syndrome among police officersJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, 14214, USA
Arch Environ Occup Health 64:194-201. 2009..013) and more overtime (p = .007). Results suggest shorter sleep duration and more overtime combined with midnight shift work may be important contributors to the metabolic syndrome... - Cortisol patterns and brachial artery reactivity in a high stress environmentJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Psychiatry Res 169:75-81. 2009..However, because associations were not found with other cortisol parameters and were not evident in male officers, replication of these findings with a prospective study design may be warranted... - Police suicide research: conflict and consensusJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 10:299-307. 2008..This is likely due to studies that are methodologically flawed, incomplete, or specific to limited geographic areas. The objective of this paper is to review issues related to both conflicts and consensus on police suicide... - Police organizational stress: the impact of negative disciplineJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 13:31-6. 2011..This paper provides a general overview of present police organizational discipline prescriptions, and an example of an alternative positive-based discipline program... - Suicide or undetermined? A national assessment of police suicide death classificationJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of NY at Buffalo, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 12:89-94. 2010..Future research should suggest possible ways to increase the validity of police suicide rates through methods such as post-suicide psychological autopsies... - Homicide-suicide in police families: aggression full circleJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of NY, Buffalo 14214, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 9:97-104. 2007.... - The Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) pilot study: methods and participant characteristicsJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo 14214 8001, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:148-56. 2006..This pilot study was undertaken to establish a methodology and descriptive results for a larger police study... - Predictors of police suicide ideationJohn M Violanti
School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 270 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 34:277-83. 2004..The combined impact of PTSD and increased alcohol use led to a ten-fold increase risk for suicide ideation... - Long work hours and adiposity among police officers in a US northeast cityJa K Gu
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:1374-81. 2012..To investigate the associations between long work hours and adiposity measures in police officers... 
Associations of Depressive Symptoms and Brachial Artery Reactivity among Police OfficersJohn M Violanti
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Saf Health Work 4:27-36. 2013..The objective of this cross sectional study was to investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and brachial artery reactivity (BAR) in an understudied population: police officers...- Stress shield: a model of police resiliencyDouglas Paton
School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Int J Emerg Ment Health 10:95-107. 2008..The Stress Shield model of resilience integrates person, team and organizational factors to provide a proactive framework for developing and sustaining police officer resilience... - Obesity, white blood cell counts, and platelet counts among police officersLuenda E Charles
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 2888, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2846-54. 2007.... - Associations between major life events, traumatic incidents, and depression among Buffalo police officersTara A Hartley
Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Int J Emerg Ment Health 9:25-35. 2007..Police agencies should consider developing psychological assistance efforts to help affected officers cope with these events and deal with depression... - Law enforcement response to terrorism: the role of the resilient police organizationDouglas Paton
School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Int J Emerg Ment Health 10:125-35. 2008..The ways in which agency and officer learning can occur and how the lessons learned can be sustained in the form of enhanced resilience are discussed... - Area under the curve and other summary indicators of repeated waking cortisol measurementsDesta B Fekedulegn
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HELD BEB, MS 4050, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Psychosom Med 69:651-9. 2007..The latter parameters, AUC(I), however, is seldom used by research scientists... - Suicide among police officersJohn M Violanti
Am J Psychiatry 161:766; author reply 768. 2004
Research Grants
- Stress and Subclinical Cardio-Metabolic Disease in Police: A Longitudinal StudyJohn M Violanti; Fiscal Year: 2010....