The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Effects of pre-bedtime blue-light exposure on ratio of deep sleep in healthy young men.
● Comorbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea: mechanisms and implications of an underrecognized and misinterpreted sleep disorder.
● Association of Social and Behavioral Risk Factors With Mortality Among US Veterans With COVID-19.
It’s tough to keep up with the “latest and greatest” interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It seems like there’s constantly a new “breakthrough” that never fully delivers. As a scientist-practitioner, I don’t pay much attention until I see a strong research base. So until recently, I’ve all but ignored claims that psychedelic drugs (MDMA, psilocybin, etc.) could bolster recovery from PTSD. However, it’s tough to ignore the successes reported in a recent Phase 3 trial.
The percentage of "(s)ervice members who identify as LGB or who do not indicate that they identify as heterosexual" in 2018, according to a recent report by the RAND Corporation -- Sexual Assault of Sexual Minorities in the U.S. Military. And yet they accounted for "approximately 43 percent of all sexually assaulted service members in that year."
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Understanding the role of sleep on suicidal ideation in active-duty service members: Implications for clinical practice.
● Improving Educational Outcomes for First-Year and First-Generation Veteran Students: An Exploratory Study of a Persistent Outreach Approach in a Veteran- Student Support Program.
● How often do community-based mental health providers educate and initiate PTSD treatment following training? Answering the question of reach.
Based on clinical experience, training and supervision, and findings from the literature, Dr. Rogers explores various issues related to the diagnosis of and diagnosing PTSD in this blog. During this month devoted to awareness of PTSD, it is appropriate to take time focus on the diagnosis and the practice of diagnosing PTSD.