492
The number of service members who died by suicide in 2022, according to the Annual Report on Suicide in the Military, Calendar Year 2022, released last week by the Department of Defense, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness. This is fewer than the 524 who died by suicide the previous year.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Employment status among US military veterans with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
● Psychotherapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
● Estimated Average Treatment Effect of Psychiatric Hospitalization in Patients With Suicidal Behaviors: A Precision Treatment Analysis.
14.2%
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Heterogeneity in Unmet Treatment Need and Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services Among U.S. Military Service Members with Serious Psychological Distress.
● Improving Outcomes for Military Families with Young Children: Effects of a Novel Dyadic Coaching-Based Parenting Intervention in Two Exploratory Case Studies.
● Global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.
As many of our listeners know, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) was released in June of 2023. The CPG, designed to assist clinical decision making, provides recommendations that, in essence, give a clinician a fighting chance of identifying treatments that the research suggests should help their clients. But for many busy providers, it is a lot to unpack and digest!