For this week's Staff Perspective blog entry, we're going to take a quick look at a few interesting and military-psychology related stories from around the Internet.
The number of cases of psychologist suicide between 2003–2018 identified by the "National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data set of U.S. violent deaths," according to a recent article in the journal American Psychologist -- Suicides of psychologists and other health professionals: National Violent Death Reporting System data, 2003–2018.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Psychologist veteran status as a predictor of veterans’ willingness to engage in psychotherapy.
● Implementation of a Mobile Technology–Supported Diaphragmatic Breathing Intervention in Military mTBI With PTSD.
● Treatment for Moral Injury: Impact of Killing in War.
In October 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Health Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry jointly declared a “National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health” (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021). The declaration highlighted rising rates of significant mental health needs amongst pediatric age ranges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and further noted the concern for lack of services prepared to address such substantial need.
The percentage of "(w)omen serving in the U.S. military" who "report mental health problems," according to a recent study from the RAND Corporation -- Gender Differences in Health Among U.S. Service Members. Among male service members, it's 15%.