Articles In Law Enforcement Wellness

Law Enforcement Wellness

App Helps Law Enforcement Deal With Mental Health

Editor’s Note:  Cordico was featured in the June 2020 Issue of Comstock’s Magazine.  The online article can be found here. In 2018, Vacaville Police Chief John Carli approached Dr. David…

Comstock’s Magazine Jun 13, 2020
First Responder Wellness

The Stress of Medical Calls

When family members and friends talk to me about my husband’s work, they are always so concerned about his safety at fires and want to know what it is like…

Jun 12, 2020
First Responder Wellness

A Grain of Truth

We talk a lot about safety in today’s world. Remember when the term “culture of safety” first started getting used? There was a lot of resistance at first, but slowly…

Jun 9, 2020
First Responder Wellness

The Unwritten Rules of Trading Shifts

There are many drawbacks to shift work for first responders, however one of the great benefits is that the multiple rotating shifts allow individuals with the same title to “trade”…

Jun 5, 2020
First Responder Wellness

First Responders, Breakout of Your Internal Prisons!

Have you ever wondered why we impose impossibly high standards, then criticize ourselves when we inevitably fail to meet them. We torture ourselves with defeatist images, imaging ourselves failing the…

May 27, 2020
First Responder Wellness

The Impacts of Ongoing Traumatic Exposures

It’s said that over half of individuals experience a potentially traumatic event over their lifetime. Consider what that might be for our first responders? I think it’s safe to assume…

May 21, 2020
First Responder Wellness

First Responders Need to Prepare for a Surge of Homelessness

Prior to Covid-19 the nationwide economic gains of the past 10 years and a steadily falling unemployment rate, homelessness remained a significant problem in many cities and communities. While homelessness…

May 12, 2020
Law Enforcement Wellness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

The COVID-19 pandemic has likely brought many changes to how you live your life, and with it uncertainty, altered daily routines, financial pressures and social isolation. You may worry about…

May 4, 2020
First Responder Wellness

7 Tips for First Responders to Stay Sane During the Pandemic

COVID-19, deadly and invisible, scarcely understood, is present throughout our communities. The stress of it is here for the foreseeable future. A comprehensive review of international quarantine studies published recently in The…

Apr 30, 2020
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