18.7 per 100,000
The 2013 suicide rate among active duty Service members, according to the recently released Department of Defense Quarterly Suicide Report Calendar Year 2013 -- 4th Quarter (PDF), issued by the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. Among members of the Reserve component, the rate was 23.4 per 100,000, and among National Guard members, 28.9 per 100,000.
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events.
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:
● Department of Defense Quarterly Suicide Report Calendar Year 2013 4th Quarter (also includes “annual suicide counts, and annual suicide rates for each of the services.”)
● Anger and Aggression: PTSD Monthly Update - July 2014
Socratic Dialogue is a well-known and often used method of assisting clients to identify potentially harmful thoughts and then challenge their thinking. This approach is based on the practice of disciplined, thoughtful dialogue devised by Socrates and delivered between therapist and client.
6 in 10
The number of U.S. Army personnel over the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars "meeting self-reported criteria for PTSD, MDD, or PTSD and MDD" who did not utilize mental health services, according to a new report published in the American Journal of Public Health --Trends in Mental Health Services Utilization and Stigma in US Soldiers From 2002 to 2011.