The number of veterans who have experienced homelessness, according to a recent article in the journal Psychological Medicine -- Prevalence, correlates, and mental health burden associated with homelessness in U.S. military veterans.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Behavioral health and treatment-seeking behaviors among deployed vs. nondeployed service members: How impactful is deployment on well-being?
● Resilience enhancing programs in the U.S. military: An exploration of theory and applied practice.
● Implementation Strategies Used and Reported in Brief Suicide Prevention Intervention Studies.
Today you’re meeting a new patient. They present with a history of combat trauma and report significant sleep disturbances including problems falling asleep because they fear they will have another nightmare.
This may feel familiar to you, and there is a good reason for that. Nightmares are incredibly common after a traumatic event, with some estimates suggesting posttraumatic nightmares occur in 90% of patients with PTSD.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Military service branch differences in alcohol use, tobacco use, prescription drug misuse, and mental health conditions.Mapping principal dimensions of prejudice in the United States.
● Problem anger in veterans and military personnel: Prevalence, predictors, and associated harms of suicide and violence.
Trauma. The word means different things to different people and in different circumstances. Sometimes the word refers to intense distress. Sometimes it means actual physical tissue damage. Sometimes it means an emotional upset. And all of these definitions are legitimate and understood in specific contexts