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FFR Project Publications
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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McElheran, M. & Stelnicki, A. M. (2021).
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FFR in the news
The CAP Monitor: Mental health supports for first responder families
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Community Perspectives: Battalion Chief for the Calgary Fire Department on Family First Responder.
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CTV News: University of Calgary study aims to improve first responders’ mental health
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Global News: U of C study aims to create support program for families of first responders
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CIHR-funded study targets ‘first responders to first responders’
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Other Relevant Resources
Examining Mental Health Knowledge, Stigma, and Service Use Intentions Among Public Safety Personnel
Krakauer, R. L., Stelnicki, A. M., & Carleton, N. R. (2020).
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Exposures to Potentially Traumatic Events Among Public Safety Personnel in Canada
Carleton, N. R., Afifi, T. O., Taillieu, T. L., & Turner, S. (2018).
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Before Operational Stress: Proactive Mental Health Training for First Responders
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Session 2 Resources:
Defining Trauma
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Other Relevant Publications
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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Easterbrook, B., Brown, A., Millman, H., Van Blyderveen, S., Lanius, R., Heber, A., McKinnon, M., & O’Connor, Charlene. (2022).
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Jones, C., Smith-MacDonald, L., Pike, A., Bright, K. & Bremault-Phillips, S. (2022).
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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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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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