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On Thursday 9th April Jess had the privilege of talking with Dr Rick Hanson about trauma resilience for Police during the Covid19 pandemic. Listen hereRick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist and New York Times best-selling author. He’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and meditation centers worldwide. His books are availabl…

We are very proud of Dr Jess Miller who won the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact and Engagement Award for her work on police mental health.The Awards ceremony took place yesterday Monday 14th October at Senate House, Cambridge, with other eleven students being awarded for their research impact in diverse areas.Jess' early r…

Our lead researcher, Dr Jess Miller, was interviewed by former policeman Dan Clark-Neal for Channel 4 Dispatches. Dan Clark-Neal investigated the rise in assaults against police officers and how do they cope with repeated traumatic events. Dr Jess Miller provided insightful answers about the long-lasting impacts on the mental health of police offic…

Initial findings from the Police: The Job & The Life survey (funded by Police Care UK) hit headline news on 9th May across the UK, reporting that 1 in 5 officers and staff were likely to have clinical levels of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). A question was also raised in Parliament.With supp…

BBC's Inside Out on January 28th covered much of the Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project, showing a snippet of Dr Jess delivering regional training of Senior Investigative Officers in Cambridgeshire and then interviewing Jess about the brain and the wider project at Magdalene College, Cambridge. BBC Sussex Breakfast News also interviewed Jess.…

Dr Jess Miller, Research Fellow for this Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project spoke at the 2019 national #UpBeat! conference about training in trauma processing techniques and the challenges of dealing with trauma exposure in Child Sexual Exploitation work.For more information the 2019 click here.The CSE guidance is based on a literature review…

Initial findings (September 2018) from the Post-Incident Trauma Processing Techniques RCT with new recruits at Greater Manchester Police already suggest that the techniques improve both wellbeing and recall...The Randomised Controlled Trial encourages the application of hippocampal spatial (and episodic) processing to police-related trauma exposure…

CCCU Policing Research Conference 2018 Taming the Wicked Problems in PartnershipDr Jess presented at the CCUPR Conference 2018, Taming The Wicked and discussed the challenges and opportunities for partners in bringing neuroscience into operational policing for trauma resilience.The full presentation is available here.For Twitter coverage see #CCCUC…

Dr Jess Miller presented to the 2018 CCPR Annual Conference 'Taming the Wicked and the Role of Partners', in Canterbury.Discussing how partnership work is so vital in bringing neuroscience to operational policing, the talk attracted some positive feedback on social media #neuroscienceforpolicing #policingbrain #CCCUConf18Click here for more informa…

On May 16th Dr Jess Miller and the team began a 3-day Trauma Processing Techniques pilot with student officers at GMP. Feedback from the sessions suggested that the techniques were really well received, proving to be informative, practical and seemingly effective.Dr Jess Miller and Research Assistant (Alex Peart) held 3 sessions from May 16th-18th …

On March 28th a new blog brings a personal touch to the progress of the Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project in its ninth month.Dr Jess talks frankly about the motivations, challenges, and energy behind the growing project.To read the blog in full, visit Oscar Kilo.

Nick Hurd's Support for Trauma Resilience in UK PolicingDr Jess and PDT CEO Gill Scott-Moore were pleased to contribute to the committee's inaugural discussion to address specific issues around reforming police wellbeing. We presented the case for new standards for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder diagnoses to tackle gross inflation of PTSD reporting…

Dr Jess Miller and former colleagues at Bournemouth University publish new data indicative of a link between the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor gene (BDNF) and trauma resilience, calling for more research.The paper explores the link between the BDNF gene, hippocampal integrity and individual's ability to contextualise traumatic memories. The aut…

Fantastic developments in the project were agreed at the Steering Group meeting on 19th January 2018....The Trauma Resilience in UK Policing Steering Group met for over 4 hours on the 19th of January and agreed on: More time to be scheduled for future meetings as there is so much going on!Post-Incident Trauma Processing training (Randomised Control…

UpBeat 2018 was held on March 13th at the Emirates Stadium in London. The national conference was hosted by the Police Dependants' Trust and Oscar Kilo, at which Dr Jess Miller and CEO Gill Scott-Moore spoke about progress in Trauma Resilience in UK Policing.Dr Jess and CEO of the PDT, Gill Scott-Moore spoke about what the Trauma Resilience in UK P…