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FFR Project Publications

Perceptions of the impact of operational stress in emergency first responder families: A qualitative analysis

Schwartz, K. D., Redekop, M., Duffy, H. A., Harris, D., Stelnicki, A. M., & McElheran,M. (2024).

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FD/FR Family: Functional Disconnection and Reconnection in Public Safety Personnel Families

Duffy, H. A., McElheran, M. Stelnicki, A. M., & Schwartz, K. D. (2024).

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Functional Disconnection and Reconnection:
An Alternative Strategy to Stoicism in Public Safety Personnel

McElheran, M. & Stelnicki, A. M. (2021).

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Learn more about the history of the Family First Responder project and how the Re: Building Families was designed with and for spouses/partners of police, fire, and paramedic members.

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Other Relevant Publications

Evaluating the Before Operational Stress on-demand asynchronous online training for public safety and healthcare personnel

Ioachim, G., Bolt, N., Bélanger, K., Shulhin, A., Dabhoya, J., Khoury, J. M. B., Teckchandani, T. A., Shields, R., E., Maguire, K., & Carleton, R. N. (2025).

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A Qualitative Evaluation of the Before Operational Stress Program: A Pan-Canadian Study of Mental Health Training for Frontline Public Safety Personnel and Healthcare Providers

Ioachim, G., Allen, L., Redekop, M., Khan, A., Khoury, J. M. B., Maguire, K., & Carleton, R. N. (2025).

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Because They Deserve it: Putting Families First in First Responder Families

Hanna Duffy & Kelly Dean Schwartz (2025). This issue of Psynopsis was edited by Dr Kelly Dean Schwartz and Dr. Nicholas Carleton.

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Evaluating the Before Operational Stress Program: Comparing In-Person And Virtual Delivery.  

Ioachim, G., Bolt, N., Redekop, M., Wakefield, A., Shulhin, A., Dabhoya, J., ... & Carleton, R. N. (2024). 

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The Mental Health Experience of Treatment-Seeking Military Members And Public Safety Personnel: A Qualitative Investigation of Trauma and Non-Trauma-Related Concerns.

Easterbrook, B., Brown, A., Millman, H., Van Blyderveen, S., Lanius, R., Heber, A., McKinnon, M., & O’Connor, Charlene. (2022). 

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Workplace Reintegration Facilitator Training Program for Mental Health Literacy and Workplace Attitudes of Public Safety Personnel: Pre-Post Pilot Cohort Study

Jones, C., Smith-MacDonald, L., Pike, A., Bright, K. & Bremault-Phillips, S. (2022). 

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A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Health Training and Educational Needs of Firefighters, Paramedics, and Public Safety Communicators in Canada.

Lentz, L. Smith-MacDonald, L., Malloy, D.C., Anderson, G.S., Beshai, S., Ricciardelli, R., Bremault-Phillips, S. & Carleton, R.N. (2022). 

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The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Spouses, Partners and Children of Emergency Responders: A Systematic Review.

Sharp, M-L., Solomon, N., Harrison, V., Gribble, R., Cramm, H., Pike, G. & Fear, N.T. (2022).

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Public Safety Personnel Family Resilience: A Narrative Review.

Cox, M., Norris, D., Cramm, H., Richmond,R., & Anderson, G.S. (2022).

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Self-reported coping strategies for managing work-related stress among public safety personnel.

Anderson, G.S., Ricciardelli, R., Tam-Seto, L., Giwa, S. & Carleton, R.N. (2022).

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Assessing the Perceptions and Impact of Critical Incident Stress Management Peer Support among Firefighters and Paramedics in Canada.

Price, J.A.B., Landry, C.A., Sych, J., McNeill, M., Stelnicki, A.M., Asmundson, A.J.N., & Carleton, R.N. (2022).

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Peer Support for Public Safety Personnel in Canada: Towards a Typology.

Price, J.A.B., Ogunade, A.O., Fletcher, A.J., Ricciardelli, R., Anderson, G.S., Cramm, H. & Carleton, R.N. (2022).

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