The number of "cases of COVID-19 among U.S. military personnel, family members, DoD civilians and contractors" since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a recent article on the Military.com website reporting on an anticipated $1.8 billion budgetary shortfall in the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Race/Ethnicity and Community Participation Among Veterans and Service Members With Traumatic Brain Injury: A VA Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.
● Implementation of a Telemental Health Training Program Across a Mental Health Department.
● Building effective networks for the transition from the military to the civilian workforce: Who, what, when, and how.
It has now been over a year since the majority of behavioral health providers have moved to predominantly or exclusively providing therapy via telehealth. This week’s blog will examine several publications sharing initial findings about the experience of online couples therapy by providers and patients as well as some lessons learned over the past year.
The percentage of employed veterans with a disability who worked for the federal government in August 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "compared with 9.0 percent of Veterans with no disability and 2.5 percent of nonveterans."
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Soul wounds among combat trauma survivors: Experience, effects, and advice.
● A Network Analysis of Risk Factors for Suicide in Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.
● Combat stress in a small-scale society suggests divergent evolutionary roots for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.