The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● No Time to Waste: Evidence-Based Treatment for Drug Dependence at the United States Veterans Administration Department of Veterans Affairs (Human Rights Watch)
● Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Effect of Age and Military Status on the Military Population’s Awareness of Community Mental Health Resources
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The percentage of "333,803 US Army active duty members returning from Iraq or Afghanistan deployments in fiscal years 2008 to 2011" who "screened positive for at-risk drinking," according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, Missed Opportunity for Alcohol Problem Prevention Among Army Active Duty Service Members Postdeployment.
5.6% had an AUDIT-C (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) score of 8+, according to the researchers. However...
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.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations: Final Assessment. (IOM)
● The Public Health Approach to Reducing Suicide: Opportunities for Curriculum Development in Psychiatry Residency Training Programs.
Review of The RAND Report:
I recently had the opportunity to attend a webinar by the authors of the new RAND Report: “The Deployment Life Study: Methodological Overview and Baseline Sample Description.” This is a topic that’s of interest to me both personally and professionally, so I wanted to share what I learned. This is a 3-year study that is still ongoing, whose objective is to identify the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of family readiness across the deployment cycle.