The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Advances in PTSD Treatment Delivery: Evidence Base and Future Directions for Intensive Outpatient Programs.
● The efficacy of cognitive and behavior therapies for insomnia on daytime symptoms: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
● Napping and weekend catchup sleep do not fully compensate for high rates of sleep debt and short sleep at a population level (in a representative nationwide sample of 12,637 adults).
The other night, I was talking with a neighbor about my irritation with loved ones whom I viewed as having an extreme reaction to the current pandemic. When I talk with others and hear about how worried and anxious they are -- and what I view as over-the-top rituals they perform to sanitize their world -- I have found myself getting frustrated with them and trying to convince them that they don’t have to be so worried. At the same time, I am worried about my own reaction, or perceived lack thereof. Is there something wrong with them… or me?
The percentage by which Active Duty Service members "are more likely than other adults to report that an identity thief misused an existing account, such as a bank account or credit card," according to a recent Data Spotlight report from the Federal Trade Commission -- Identity theft causing outsized harm to our troops.
For all its power to terrify, Covid-19 can’t keep us from marveling at the courage of frontline human service workers all over the world. They are braving not only the physical dangers of repeated exposure to the deadly virus, but also the emotional dangers of empathically sharing so much suffering with so many, and the moral dangers of possibly being unable to save every savable life, such as when intensive care services become overwhelmed. Their courage seems all the more remarkable given that all three of these dangers are invisible, operating mostly outside of anyone’s immediate awareness.