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. We're already halfway through February and we've still got lots of events this month.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Pre-deployment insomnia is associated with post-deployment post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in US Army soldiers.
● Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
● Association Between Predeployment Optimism and Onset of Postdeployment Pain in US Army Soldiers.
“Dynamic Force Employment” When I first heard this term, I thought it was a new program designed to help military spouses find jobs. There are new initiatives being created all the time to support spouses and families and I thought this might be one of them. I was wrong.
6.15%
The percentage of "remotely piloted aircraft warfighters" who "met PTSD symptom criteria as outlined in DSM-5," according to a prepublication article in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders -- Combat and Operational Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Criteria Among United States Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft “Drone” Warfighters.
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. We're off to a good start of what is looking to be a very busy February.