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.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Contacts with Health Services During the Year Prior to Suicide Death and Prevalent Conditions A Nationwide Study.
● Comorbid PTSD and Depression Diagnoses Mediate the Association of Military Sexual Trauma and Suicide and Intentional Self-Inflicted Injury in VHA-Enrolled Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans, 2004-2014.
● PTSD’s Risky Behavior Criterion: Associated Risky and Unhealthy Behaviors and Psychiatric Correlates in a Nationally Representative Sample.
In this week's Staff Perspective, Dr. Andy Santanello discusses moral injury, PTSD, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Dr. Wyatt Evans.
