Health of police/mental health of first responders

Special Interest Group

The leads for this Special Interest Group are (L-R) Dr Ian de Terte (i.deTerte@massey.ac.nz), Dr Katy Kamkar (katy.kamkar@camh.ca) and Dr Patricia Griffin (pgriffin@holyfamily.edu).   

Dr Ian de Terte is a senior lecturer in clinical psychology (US equivalent: Associate Professor) based at the Wellington Campus of the School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand. He is a former Detective and is on the GLEPHA Board of Directors. 

Dr. Katy Kamkar, Ph.D., C. Psych., is a Clinical Psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. She is Director of Badge of Life Canada (BOLC) which is a peer-led national charitable organization for Police and Corrections/First Responders across Canada who are dealing with psychological injuries suffered in the line of duty.  Read more about Dr Katy Kamkar.

Dr. Patricia Griffin is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Criminal Justice Program at Holy Family University (Philadelphia). Patricia regularly consults with the non-profit organization, Law Enforcement Health Benefits, Inc.  and the First Responders Addiction Treatment Program (FRAT), Livengrin Foundation, Inc. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee. Dr Griffin is on the GLEPHA Board of Directors.