As we close out this year's PTSD Awareness Month, we wanted to take a quick look at some of the many resources that the CDP and other organizations have compiled to help further the effort.
The percentage of people worldwide on whom "(c)hronic pain exerts an enormous personal and economic burden," according to a recent article in The Lancet -- Chronic pain: an update on burden, best practices, and new advances.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Sleep Quality Improvements After MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
● The Impact of Hostility on Quality of Life, Functioning, and Suicidal Ideation Among Male Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
● Associations between spouse and service member prescriptions for high-risk and long-term opioids: A dyadic study.
Here is a very obvious and non-controversial statement: the thoughts that trauma survivors have about themselves, the world, and other people have an important impact on their recovery. Regardless of the model you use to help survivors of trauma to recover from their experiences, you are absolutely going to be addressing thoughts at some level. Treatments such Cognitive Processing Therapy address thoughts directly with socratic dialogue.
The percentage of Naval officers who are "getting adequate sleep," despite the Navy issuing "a policy in 2017 for managing fatigue," according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office -- Navy Readiness: Additional Efforts Are Needed to Manage Fatigue, Reduce Crewing Shortfalls, and Implement Training.