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Guest Perspective: Guilt, Shame, and Moral Injury from Events during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By  on 16.07.2020 3:44 pm

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the U.S. and around the world have faced agonizing and ethically difficult situations where they feel like they cannot do enough or are unable to live up to their own standards. Some examples include not being able to be there in person to care for an infected family member, worrying about exposing others to infection, being unable to provide for their family due to job loss, or being unable to adequately care for children and their education during school closures.

Research Update: 16 July 2020

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.07.2020 12:53 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● A Systematic Review of Intensive Empirically Supported Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
● Measuring Trauma Exposure: Count Versus Variety of Potentially Traumatic Events in a Binational Sample.
● The Effects of Prolonged Exposure on Substance Use in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders.

Staff Perspective: The Impact of Stigma on Mental Health Seeking in People of Color

By Regina Shillinglaw  on 15.07.2020 12:57 pm

Although individuals from minority populations in the U.S. experience mental illness at similar rates as white individuals, symptoms are potentially more long-lasting and disabling among minority groups due to a variety of factors. Part of this may be due to difficulty obtaining appropriate mental health care in a timely way. Primarily, the broad context of systemic racism and social barriers that members of minority groups face play a role. 

Research Update: 9 July 2020

By Shirl Kennedy  on 09.07.2020 12:44 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Incidence Rates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Over a 17-Year Period in Active Duty Military Service Members.
● Examining unique and prospective relationships among self-injurious thoughts and behaviors and posttraumatic stress disorder: a network analysis in two trauma-exposed samples.
● Implementing music therapy through telehealth: considerations for military populations.

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