As a therapist, it feels devastating when a patient drops out of treatment. Queue the automatic thoughts, "What did I do wrong?" "What could I have done differently?" "Am I failing my patients?" These thoughts flooded my brain when I was trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Foa et al., 2009; Resick et al., 2016).
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The proportion of more than 42 million adolescents and young adults, ages 16-21, "reported using AI chatbots for mental health advice" in 2025, according to s study in JAMA Pediatrics -- AI Chatbot Use and Disclosure for Mental Health Among US Adolescents and Young Adults.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Mortality rates among U.S. service members, 2010–2020
● Are Suicide Prevention Interventions Effective for Current and Ex-Serving Military Personnel? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on the Suicide Prevention Trials Database.
● Modeling stable and dynamic vulnerabilities in suicide risk: A mechanistic test of fluid vulnerability theory in military personnel with suicidal ideation.
June is PTSD Awareness Month, and one of the most important things to understand about posttraumatic stress is that it often doesn't look the way people expect. In military service members, veterans, first responders, emergency medical personnel, and others who work in high-pressure environments, PTSD frequently doesn't look like falling apart. It can look like competence.
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The number of children in the United States in 2024 who "lived in a household with at least 1 loaded and unlocked gun," according to a study published in JAMA Network Open -- Firearm Storage in Households With Children.