September is National Suicide Prevention Month and one goal is to help provide information on suicide prevention programs and resources. Although it is important to focus on suicide prevention every day of every year, given the challenges of 2020, this year it may be even more important.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Prevalence of Depression Symptoms in US Adults Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
● Associations between Augmentee Status, Deployment Stress Preparedness and Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Binge Drinking in U.S. Servicewomen.
● Perceived Stress Mediates the Association between Deployment Sexual Trauma and Nicotine Dependence in Women Veterans.
● Shared correlates of prescription drug misuse and severe suicide ideation among clinical patients at risk for suicide.
It has been a tough year for many people around the world as we struggle to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Within the United States, we have not only surpassed the 6 million mark of people infected with the virus, but our deaths from the virus are nearing 200,000. We are more than six months into a period of extended social distancing and quarantine, and most of us are feeling depleted. To add to this stress, we also have a second pandemic we are battling, the racism pandemic.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: