Delivering an Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Address Mental Health Challenges Faced by Correctional Workers and Other Public Safety Personnel: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Nazanin Alavi   ^{1, 2} , MD, FRCPC ;   Callum Stephenson   ^{1, 2} , BScH ;   Mohsen Omrani   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Cory Gerritsen   ^{4, 5, 6} , PhD, CPsych ;   Michael S Martin   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Alex Knyahnytskyi   ¹ ;   Yiran Zhu   ⁹ ;   Anchan Kumar   ¹ , MD ;   Jasleen Jagayat   ¹ , BScH ;   Amirhossein Shirazi   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Elnaz Moghimi   ¹ , PhD ;   Charmy Patel   ¹ , BScH, MPH ;   Yuliya Knyahnytska   ^{5, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Alexander I F Simpson   ¹¹ , BMedSci, MBChB, FRANZCP ;   Juveria Zaheer   ¹² , MD, MSc, FRCPC ;   Judith Andersen   ¹³ , PhD ;   Alpna Munshi   ⁵ , MD, FRCPC ;   Dianne Groll   ^{1, 14} , PhD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

² Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

³ OPTT Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Forensic Early Intervention Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Psychological Clinical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Health Services Sector, Correctional Service Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁸ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's Unviersity, Kingston, ON, Canada

¹⁰ General Psychiatry Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹³ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Kingston, ON, Canada