Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers - Aug. 12, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 12.08.2013 2:27 pm

159,107 
and
192,317

Between 2000 and 2012, 159,107 "active component service members" experienced 192,317 "mental disorder hospitalizations," according to the July 2013 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). The report in this special "Mental Health Issue" points out that "mental disorders are the only illness/injury category for which hospitalization rates have markedly increased during the first 11 years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

CDP News: Aug. 9, 2013

By Christopher Adams  on 09.08.2013 1:13 pm

Happy Friday everyone! Welcome to the latest edition of CDP News, where we take a look and the news and happenings around the Center for Deployment Psychology. We’ve got plenty of big things to talk about this time around.

Research Update: Aug. 8, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 08.08.2013 1:22 pm

The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:

  • Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in Congress and Related Resources (Congressional Research Service)
  • Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault: Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy (RAND)

Staff Voices: Diagnostic Changes DSM V – PTSD & ASD

By Holly O'Reilly  on 07.08.2013 11:41 am

After nearly 25 years, the DSM-V has finally been released! The diagnoses of PTSD and ASD have been significantly revised based upon recent research. Most notably, PTSD and ASD have been moved from anxiety disorders to new category “Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.” In addition, in DSM-IV and DSM IV-TR, PTSD and ASD were distinct. ASD was not a diluted version of PTSD, but an early response characterized primarily by an emphasis on dissociative qualities.

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