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The prevalence of trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) in a sample of 3,618 post-9/11 veterans (22.7% female), according to an article published earlier this year in the journal Military Medicine -- Probable trauma associated sleep disorder in post-9/11 US Veterans.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
● Acceptability, Tolerability, and Estimates of Putative Treatment Effects of Probiotics as Adjunctive Treatment in Patients With Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
● Development of a brief support and education intervention for loved ones of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
● Associations among posttraumatic growth, demographic characteristics, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and trauma type, with a focus on sexual violence.
As we wind down PTSD awareness month, I want to focus on us….the helpers. While we are all adept at identifying PTSD symptoms in our patients, we are less adept at recognizing our own struggles. We have the honor and privilege of hearing the stories our clients share with us, but with that comes some occupational stress that is unique to those in the helping profession
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Toward military cultural competence among new civilian mental health providers.
● Social support as a predictor of outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy with a trauma focus delivered face-to-face and via guided internet-based self-help.
● Sex differences in hardiness, coping, and health in new West Point cadets.