The approximate portion of military suicides that involve firearms, according to a recent article in the journal JAMA Network Open -- Evaluation of Safe Firearm Storage Messaging in a Sample of Firearm-Owning US Military Service Members.
Mobile applications to support resilience-building have been an option for providers for more than a decade. But it can be difficult to know which apps best fit your client population and their goals. This blog summarizes and links three recent review articles that provide information about the functionality and effectiveness of resiliency-building apps for military-connected populations.
The number of firearm suicides in 2021, according to a recent article in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Notes from the Field: Increases in Firearm Homicide and Suicide Rates — United States, 2020–2021.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Cannabis dosing and administration for sleep: a systematic review.
● The natural history of insomnia: high sleep reactivity interacts with greater life stress to predict the onset of acute insomnia.
● Diversity, equity, and inclusion correlates of racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination in the U.S. military.
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing about “NOvember” campaigns such as “putting the ‘no’ in ‘November’” and “The NOvember Challenge.” There are a few different versions of the campaign, but essentially it is a call to say “no” to unhealthy/unenjoyable/non-enriching requests and habits. Although this call to action has been around for years, it’s suddenly become relevant to me