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%.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Black women in the military: Prevalence, characteristics, & correlates of sexual harassment.
● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Veterans With Comorbid Posttraumatic Headache and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
● Co-occurring alcohol and mental health problems in the military: Prevalence, disparities, and service utilization.
As we head into a month of Staff Perspective blogs focusing on the stigma around mental health, I struggled to come up with an angle that had not been addressed, either in previous blogs by CDP staff or in a myriad of other venues. The construct of stigma around mental health is well researched and many have written on the root of the stigma, why the military may be particularly plagued by stigma and potential directions to go in reduction efforts.