Effect of a Group Resilience Program on Psychological DIstress in Corrections Officers

INTERVENTION: There are two arms to this trial. Arm 1: Resilience Program. Arm 2: Repeated Assessments. The Resilience Program is an adaptation of an evidence‐based psychological intervention, Problem Management Plus. The Resilience program is administered face‐to‐face over two x 2‐hour group sessions that are administered one month apart. Sessions are administered by clinical psychologists to groups of 10‐15 people. The clinical psychologist will teach the following stress coping strategies: anxiety reduction, problem solving, behavioral activation, and accessing social support. This will occur will via educational sessions and group discussions. Participants will also be instructed to download an app (the Build Back Better app) that provides additional skills in anxiety reduction, mindfulness, and behavioural activation. This app will guide participants in these skills via instructional prompts and will be available to participants to use on an ongoing basis for the duration of the study. The app will be available for participants as an ongoing self‐help aid to be used at the participant s discretion. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a 12‐month follow‐up assessment, resulting in participation duration of 64 weeks. Adherence will be assessed by monitoring participants' attendance at each session via a checklist maintained by the clinical psychologist. CONDITION: Anxiety;Depression;Absenteeism; ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Absenteeism Mental Health ‐ Anxiety Mental Health ‐ Depression PRIMARY OUTCOME: Psychological distress as measured by the Kessler 10 scale.[Pretreatment (week 0), posttreatment (week 5), primary follow‐up (week 30, primary timepoint), and additional follow‐up (week 56).] SECONDARY OUTCOME: Absenteeism as measured by Department of Corrections' work records. [Data collected at baseline (week 0), primary follow‐up (week 30), and additional follow‐up (week 56). ] Help‐seeking as measured by self‐report on a dichotomous question that has been developed for this study.[Pretreatment (week 0), posttreatment (week 5), primary follow‐up (week 30), and additional follow‐up (week 56).] INCLUSION CRITERIA: Employee of Corrections NSW Minimum 18 years of age