The "total costs of caring for veterans of the post-9/11 wars" between 2001 and 2050, according to a recent report from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University -- The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Dissociation as a Transdiagnostic Indicator of Self-Injurious Behavior and Suicide Attempts: A Focus on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.
● Intersection of Racism and PTSD: Assessment and Treatment of Racial Stress and Trauma.
● The role of self-compassion on the relationship between trauma and hearing voices.
Our profession continues to bend and shape to meet the needs of clients amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one concern taking up space in most mental health professionals’ minds is how the pandemic will impact suicide risk. The conventional wisdom is that the associated life stressors, relational challenges, and greater access to firearms due to a surge in sales all may lead to a perfect storm whereby more people will be at risk of dying by suicide.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Better off with you: Exploring congruity between caregivers’ and Veterans’ experience of efforts to cope with suicide.
● An examination of department of defense environmental factors that contribute to reporting sexual harassment.
● Military identity and planning for the transition out of the military.
● Shorter and longer-term risk for non-fatal suicide attempts among male U.S. military veterans after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization.
Of the total number of veterans with suicidal ideation, the percentage of those who are not engaged in mental health treatment, according to an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry -- Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in US Military Veterans: Results From the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study