Online Therapy to Treat Mental Health Concerns Among Police and Other Public Safety Personnel

PSPNET is a research unit at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, that provides free online therapy programs to Canadian first responders and other public safety personnel (PSP). The first 560 clients (33% police) in PSPNET’s most popular therapy program—an internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) program called the PSP Wellbeing Course—have shown large improvements in mental health, as well as good satisfaction and engagement with the program. Treatment outcomes were similar for different groups of clients (e.g., men and women, clients in different occupational groups), suggesting that PSPNET’s online therapy program is effective for various groups of PSP.