The "total reported personnel strength of the Ready Reserve" as of July 31, 2021, according to a recently updated report from the Congressional Research Service -- Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Outcomes in Military Clinics.
● Mental Health Stigma in Department of Defense Policies: Analysis, Recommendations, and Outcomes.
● Mental Health Care Use Among U.S. Military Veterans: Results From the 2019– 2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
Ah, the post-holiday blues! We've all seen them, if not in others than in ourselves. Why do they happen? How do they actually make a lot of sense? This blog shares a way to explain this phenomenon that can actually help people understand their increased depression after the holidays in a way that lessens their potential guilt for having the blues.
The number of "beneficiaries" served by Military Health System (MHS) in the U.S. and abroad, according to a recently updated Congressional Research Service report -- Military Medical Care: Frequently Asked Questions.
As I write this, I am wrapping up end of year tasks (this is one of the last must-dos) and looking forward to 2022. I think it is going to look much different than any of us expected. I know for myself, I thought, perhaps naively, that we would be past some of the COVID challenges. I was hopeful at this time last year that we would be back to some normalcy. While things are different than a year ago, we still have a long way to go in managing life as COVID continues to bring more challenges and new variants.