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Participants completed demographic, health and work-related questions and mental health measures of stress, trauma, PTSD, social support and use of mental health prevention programmes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The results revealed a significant relationship between work status and PTSD, with PFFs reporting higher levels of PTSD symptom severity compared to VFFs. This association persisted after controlling for demographics, health, stress away from work, social support and use of organizational mental health support programmes (debriefing and face-to-face training for mental and physical self-care).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study suggests the importance of work status in PTSD amongst Australian firefighters exposed to operational trauma. Future research is needed to substantiate our findings and examine why PFFs may be more prone to developing PTSD. Implications for the provision of mental health programmes offered by fire organizations to their members are discussed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/occmed\/kqad088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,15]],"date-time":"2023-09-15T19:20:05Z","timestamp":1694805605000},"page":"410-418","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Comparing post-traumatic stress severity in professional and volunteer Australian firefighters"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"73","author":[{"given":"I","family":"Counson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Black Dog Institute, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney , Randwick, NSW 2031 , Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S","family":"Sanatkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Black Dog Institute, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney , Randwick, NSW 2031 , 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