New program helps Florida law enforcement officers recognize PTSD

Florida law enforcement officers have a new tool to help them spot post-traumatic stress disorder in themselves and coworkers.

The goal of the online delivery program developed at Florida State University is to help officers understand why and when they are feeling abnormal stress and how to manage what they are feeling.

Few of us go to work and the first assignment is dealing with a dead body. But for officers, dead bodies, physical threats and constant danger are the job.

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