The percentage of "young adults who said they would consider military service," according to a recent commentary in Military Times -- Veterans may be key to solving the US military recruitment crisis. The article indicates that this is "the lowest number since 2007, according to a Defense Department survey conducted in the fall of 2021."
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Combining a stellate ganglion block with prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized clinical trial.
● The impact of prior head injury on outcomes following group and individual cognitive processing therapy among military personnel.
● Mechanisms of quality-of-life improvement in treatment for alcohol use disorder.
When I became a parent just over five years ago, I felt so untethered. Here I was a practicing mental health professional for 20 years and I was scrambling for information on “infant sleep” and “what to do if you’re struggling with breastfeeding.” Fast forward to the early school-age period, and I now anxiously seek out information on power struggles and managing tantrums. Apparently, knowing a lot about child development doesn’t actually prepare you when it’s your own child.
The portion of U.S. veterans who "report having been arrested and booked into jail at least once in their lives." according to recent research by the Council on Criminal Justice, a think tank focused on criminal justice policy. "
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● The role of military identity in substance use and mental health outcomes among U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.
● The potential role of sleep symptoms in tobacco withdrawal for the success of cessation therapies.
● Posttraumatic cognitions and sexual assault: Understanding the role of cognition type in posttraumatic stress symptoms and problematic alcohol use.