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Police Psychology | “BRING A BUDDY” By: Marla Friedman, Psy.D. PC Police Psychologist Executive Board-Badge of Life For years I have been training First Responders on the importance of seeking and maintaining good mental health. As you can imagine I’ve come up against a lot of resistance. Fighting the stigma related to pursuing good mental […]

Police Psychology | What the Heck is “Insulin Resistance”? by Doug Gentz, Ph.D. – Psychological Services A specific form of Receptor Site Resistance The condition that immediately precedes a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes A condition that used to show up mostly in old people and is now appearing in teenagers A condition, which like […]

Viewpoint of an Atheist by Julie Derby Jaecksch Hello, my name is Julie and I am an atheist. I do not often discuss being an atheist with people that I do not know or even people that I do know because many people have an immediate & significant negative reaction. I am grateful for the […]

 Anne Bisek sent me this article and said she wasn’t sure if I could use it or not.  I have lectured around the world in police psychology and always added spirituality as part of the psychology needed to be healthy as police officers.  I decided we needed more than one article and approached Anne with […]

In New York, as I am sure in many major cities, it is common to find many members of the departments who are Jewish.  But isn’t their faith antithetical to police work?  My conservative Jewish Intern will explain.  As we are traveling through the Hanukkah season we must not forget the members of the Jewish […]

Anne Bisek approached me with a spirituality article and we thought together what if we did a series on Spirituality.  After all, as police psychologists and officers we deal with spiritual questions all the time.  This is the first in a four or five part series on Spirituality with the other articles following in the […]