Canadian correctional workers (CWs) experience substantial challenges with mental health, but prevalence estimates have been limited across provincial and territorial services. Participating CWs from all 13 provincial and territorial services ( = 3740) self-selected to complete an online mental health and well-being survey assessing sociodemographic characteristics and symptoms of several mental disorders. Participants worked as correctional officers, community operations (e.g., probation officers), institutional operations (e.g., program officers), community administrators (e.g., managers), institutional or regional headquarters administrators, or institutional management (e.g., superintendents). Across Canada, participants screened positive for one or more mental disorders (57.9%), with several regional differences (s < 0.05). Correctional officers reported more positive screens than other CWs (s < 0.05). Years of service and being married were inversely related with mental health (s < 0.05). The current results suggest provincial and territorial CWs report mental health challenges much more frequently than the diagnostic prevalence for the general public (10.1%) and need additional supports. Unexpectedly, there were absent elevations associated with data collected after the onset of COVID-19.

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省和地区惩教人员：加拿大国家和司法管辖区的心理健康评估

加拿大惩教人员 (CW) 面临着心理健康方面的巨大挑战，但各省和地区服务部门的患病率估计有限。来自所有 13 个省和地区服务机构 (= 3740) 的参与 CW 自选完成在线心理健康和福祉调查，评估社会人口特征和几种精神障碍的症状。参与者担任惩教官员、社区运营人员（例如缓刑官员）、机构运营人员（例如项目官员）、社区管理员（例如经理）、机构或地区总部管理员或机构管理人员（例如主管）。在加拿大各地，参与者的一种或多种精神障碍筛查结果呈阳性 (57.9%)，但存在一些地区差异 (s < 0.05)。惩教人员报告的阳性筛查结果高于其他惩教人员 (s < 0.05)。工作年限和结婚年限与心理健康呈负相关（s < 0.05）。目前的结果表明，省和地区的 CW 报告心理健康挑战的频率远高于普通公众的诊断患病率 (10.1%)，并且需要额外的支持。出乎意料的是，在 COVID-19 爆发后收集的数据并没有出现相关的升高。