54.4%
The percentage of Americans who "would discourage a young person close to them from enlisting in the military," according to a recently published report from the RAND Corporation -- What Americans Think About Veterans and Military Service: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● A dynamical systems analysis of change in PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, and suicidal ideation among military personnel during treatment for PTSD.
● Traumatic Brain Injury and Subsequent Risk of Brain Cancer in US Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
● Healthcare utilization and readiness outcomes among soldiers with postdeployment at-risk drinking, by multimorbidity class.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Teaching Military/Veteran Cultural Competence for Working with Veterans and Military Families: Effects on Student Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, Comfort, and Behavioral Intentions.
● Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health.
● Three-Item Dimensions of Anger Reactions Scale.
It’s hard to believe that we have officially wrapped up our fourth season of Practical for Your Practice and I have to admit, this season feels a little extra special because it reinforced (over and over again) how NOT alone I am when it comes to the art of being a perfectly imperfect EBP provider. In eleven episodes and across topics from insomnia treatment, to Written Exposure Therapy, to implementing Unified Protocol groups, to suicide postvention, our brave guests met the vulnerability challenge and offered up their tales of imperfection and how they recovered from clinical missteps. And maybe even more important, how they grew as a provider by facing the tough situations that didn’t go by the book… or manual as it were.
Listen to the full episode here: EBP Confessionals Part 2 - Listeners Confessions.
$41,171 and $76,290
According to a recently updated Defense Primer from the Congressional Research Service -- Regular Military Compensation:
For 2023, a mid-grade enlisted servicemember (E-5) received an annual average of $41,171 in basic pay, but an average of $76,290 in RMC.