I'm very hopeful that if we start in use-of-force training with these concepts, the physiological arousal, and when it gets to a certain level, and we use those words, those are the same kinds of symptoms—hyperarousal and so forth—that you see in PTSD. If we can start getting people comfortable with talking about these things when they're in their most macho kind of environment, in use-of-force training, then we can find ways of transitioning that into help-seeking behaviour peer to peer and so forth. Unfortunately, I have a case example. I work with a large police force in the United States that just received “road to mental readiness” training which directly addresses stigma. The use-of-force officers came back and said they knew there was somebody right there in their department who was suffering and still nobody would say anything. I said, “Well, you just had road to mental readiness” training so you know about it”. They said, “We won't say it. We will not help this individual.” So it hasn't been solved yet.
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