The "prevalence of lifetime non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among U.S. military veterans," according to a recent article published online before print in the journal Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy -- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Mental Disorders, Gun Ownership, and Gun Carrying Among Soldiers After Leaving the Army, 2016-2019.
● Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussive Symptom Endorsement: A Parallel Comparison Between Two Nonclinical Cohorts.
● Remote exposure to traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among U.S. Air Force intelligence personnel: Moderating effects of morally injurious experiences.
I don’t know any colleagues who aren’t on the brink of burnout right now, myself included. Perhaps it’s our increased caseloads, the impact of multiple global crises, our collective COVID fatigue, or all of the above. The topic of self-care has been coming up consistently in my workshops and consultation, especially from colleagues who work most often with trauma and PTSD. It’s motivated us at CDP to reflect on what helps us stay centered and healthy.
The number of chronic pain diagnoses per 10,000 "person-years" in the Military Health System (MHS) in 2018, according to an article in the MHS publication Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Characterizing the contribution of chronic pain diagnoses to the neurologic burden of disease, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2009-2018. This represents a significant increase, from 85.5 per 10,000 person-years in 2009.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Dialectical behaviour therapy skills group including stigma management: a pilot with sexual and gender minority veterans.
● Exploring CBT therapists’ experience of feeling of safety within self-practice/selfreflection: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
● Narrating life in the military: Links between veterans’ narrative processing of service experiences and their posttraumatic stress symptoms and well-being.