Portugal’s Ministry of Home Affairs is to hire two psychiatrists to work with the country’s GNR police force.
The mental health professionals are due to start work in May. Minister for Home Affairs Constança Urbano de Sousa said Tuesday that the GNR force currently has 15 psychologists at its disposal while the PSP force has 24.
Suicides among the forces are one of the main areas the Ministry is looking into, and a study into the issue is being carried out.
Last year eight PSP officers and five GNR officers took their own lives.
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