S6 E7 Unlocking The Data On Behavioral Health Risks with Guest Christopher Velasquez

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of cumulative trauma and organizational stressors on firefighters' mental health, featuring insights from Christopher Velasquez.

Imagine a system that tracks not just the nature of the calls we do, but the hidden costs of cumulative trauma, organizational stressors, and behavioral health risk. This is a high-stakes conversation about resilience in a field where the emotional toll can be as devastating as the physical one. This episode plunges into the raw, unfiltered world of firefighters and their mental health, inspired by Christopher Velasquez’s groundbreaking work, “Firefighter Mental Health Exposure Program.”&nbsp...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lt. David Dachinger, Dr. Stacy Raymond, Bonnie Rumilly

Guest: Christopher Velasquez

Topics covered

• behavioral health
• firefighter mental health
• cumulative trauma
• organizational stressors
• resilience

Keywords

• behavioral health risks
• firefighter mental health
• cumulative trauma
• organizational stress
• resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Firefighter Mental Health Exposure Program

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