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4TH OF DECEMBER 2019, LANSING, MI
Study conducted by
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Percentage of All MDOC Staff Screening Positive for Clinical Disorders
16 47 22 19 9
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Depression Anxiety PTSD Alcohol Abuse Suicidal Ideation
Rate (%)
Using weighted survey data
staff
staff
Administration, Parole and Probation Agents
Managers/Supervisors
staff
Custody staff % (n) Non-custody staff % (n) Depression & PTSD 20% (1303) 5% (302) …& Generalized Anxiety 18% (1203) 5% (279) …& Alcohol Abuse 8% (515) 1% (71) …& Active suicide plans < 1% (61) < 1% (6)
Using weighted survey data
▪ So Social cial He Healt alth: h: quality of staff relationships with direct supervisors, coworkers and offenders ▪ Work
Healt alth: h: morale, physical and emotional energy levels, and job satisfaction ▪ Me Mental ntal He Healt alth: h: screening for depression, PTSD, anxiety, alcohol abuse, suicidal thoughts and behaviors ▪ Ph Phys ysical ical He Healt alth: h: sum of 22 diagnoses ▪ Fami amily ly He Healt alth: h: withdrawal, unavailability, and behaviors based on work trauma
Final Path Model of the Variables Studied and their Relationships
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2.
▪ Rel elat ations ionships hips wi with co cowor
ers and and s sup uper ervi visor
aract acterize erized d by m y mis istrus trust, t, ang anger er and and f fea ear ▪ Perceiv erceived ed pu punit nitiv ive e and r and retal aliat iator
y le leade adersh ship ip st styles yles ▪ Perceived “heavy handed” investigative and disciplinary practices of staff that produce produce anx anxiety iety and and f fea ear ▪ Progr Progres essiv ively ely inc incre reas asing ing lo loss of em
ployment yment be bene nefit its s = lo = loss of inc
entiv ives es and and lo loss of de
ire to w
at MD MDOC OC ▪ Perc erception eption of
not bei being v ng val alue ued d by th y the S e Stat ate e of
Michig igan or an or MDOC ▪ Ma Manda ndator
y over erti time me = e = exh xhaus austion, tion, sle leep ep de depr priv ivat ation and f ion and fam amil ily y li life e di disru ruption ption ▪ Pr Pris ison
losures ures = fa famil ily y li life di disruptio ruption
▪ There are serious levels of mental health difficulties among most MDOC Work Groups in comparison to national data for the general population, the military and first responders
Custody Staff Most Severely Affected and in Need
▪ Of all Work Groups, custody staff at male facilities exhibited: ▪ highest rates of mental health disorders ▪ lower Social Health ▪ lower Work Health
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t of
the river. river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re fa falling lling in in.” ~ Desmond Tutu
Healt alth h (demoralization, physical and emotional exhaustion, and job dissatisfaction) was the mo most st inf influe luent ntial ial Ou Outc tcome
ariab iable le, , st stron
gly or
unusuall usually y st stron
gly impacting: ▪Me Ment ntal al He Healt alth, , Fam amily ily He Healt alth, , Ph Phys ysica ical l He Healt alth
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t Me Mental ntal He Health alth is is thr through
the impro improvement ement of
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t Work
Health alth is is thr through
▪ So Socia cial He l Healt alth: h: Qu Qualit ality y of staff’s professional re relat lation ionship ships s with direct supervisors, coworkers and offenders
▪ Lack of social support post-trauma increases risk
▪ High levels of work strain (organizational and administrative stressors) increase PTSD risk in firefighters (Corneil, Beaton, et al., 1999)
▪ High levels of work social support and family social support lower risk of PTSD in firefighters
(Corneil, Beaton, et al., 1999)
▪ Positive leadership in military units (positive command climate) increases soldiers’ resilience /resistance to the effects of trauma (Meredith et al. 2011,
RAND report)
▪ Add your first bullet point here ▪ Add your second bullet point here ▪ Add your third bullet point here
▪ Progr Program ammi ming ng de desig signed ned to im
prove both both Work
He Healt alth h an and So d Socia cial He l Healt alth is an is an e essent ssential ial an and v d vit ital al st star artin ting g poi point nt as as MDO MDOC C to c
tinues ues to p
ursue sue ways ys t to
incre rease ase emp mplo loyee ee well ll-be being ing (MD MDOC OC Stra Strategic Plan gic Plan 2 2019 19-2022 2022). ).
pecializ cialized ed st staf aff tr f train aining ings and s and progr program ams s to
include lude: ▪ Le Leade adership ship sk skills ills ▪ Ma Mana nage geme ment sk nt skills ills ▪ Int Interp erper ersonal ski sonal skills lls ▪ Se Self lf-care/ care/welln ellness ess sk skills ills
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polic licie ies, em s, emplo ployme yment nt be benefits nefits, , inc incenti ntives es an and re d resour sources ces th that at imp impact act the the workf
cu cult lture ure an and in d incr crease ease st staf aff w f work e
ngage agement ment
Imple plemen mentat tation ion of
par parti ticip cipat ator
y meth methods
th that at con conti tinu nually ally inc incorpor
ate emp mplo loyee ee feedba edback
ainten enance ance of
long-ter erm, syst m, system em-wide wide st staf aff f welln llness ss effor
ts