15%
The percentage of recent U.S. military Veterans who were discharged from the service for misconduct, according to a recent article in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease -- Chronic Health Conditions Among US Veterans Discharged From Military Service for Misconduct.
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. We’re wrapping up November and heading full steam into December and the holiday season.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Non-trauma-focused meditation versus exposure therapy in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomised controlled trial.
● Association of Concussion With the Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
● Heterogeneity of Treatment Dropout: PTSD, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder Reductions in PTSD and AUD/SUD Treatment Non-Completers.
One unique aspect of many military families’ lives is the experience of deployment – a time when a Service member leaves home for an extended period of time. In this final Staff Perspective post during Military Family Appreciation Month, I will explore the importance of helping children navigate deployment by maintaining communication and connection with the deployed Service member.
29%
The percentage of opioid prescriptions written between 2006 and 2015 "without an accompanying diagnosis of pain or other indication," according to a recent study by the RAND Corporation -- Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids: Results From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2006-2015, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.