Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there!
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Alterations in sleep electroencephalography synchrony in combat-exposed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
● Intimate partner violence among service members and veterans: Differences by sex and rurality.
● The role of depression and suicidal cognitions as contributors to suicide risk among active duty soldiers reporting symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Periodically, I like to scan the literature to see if there have been any new articles related to military families and couples. Recently I ran across an article by Dr. Pflieger and colleagues (2019) focused on the strengths of military couples, and I was intrigued to learn more – if only because most research focuses on challenges that these families need to overcome
Roughly the amount of money lost to scams targeting military personnel and Veterans since 2012, according to Comparitech, a website that provides "information, tools, and comparisons to help consumers...research and compare tech services."
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Determinants of new-onset alcohol use disorder in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
● Medicinal cannabis for psychiatric disorders: a clinically-focused systematic review.
● Baseline Cognitive Performance and Treatment Outcomes From Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Naturalistic Study.
● Courses of suicidal ideation among military veterans in residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder.