50%+
The percentage of cases in which PTSD "co-occurs with mood, anxiety, or substance-use disorders," according to a statistic cited in a recent review article in the New England Journal of Medicine -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This relatively short but comprehensive article is well worth a look
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. Next week is going to be pretty quiet due to the mid-week holiday, but we’ve got lots on the horizon.
The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● PTSD Monthly Update -- 5 Reasons to Get PTSD Treatment
● Lifetime Suicidal Behaviors and Career Characteristics Among U.S. Army Soldiers: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
Even though it is rare that I have the opportunity to directly interact with the majority of our CDP training participants, I would wager that I probably am not one of their favorite people. That’s because as the Program Evaluator at CDP, I’m the person behind all of the surveys and feedback forms that we ask each of our training participants to complete
8.1%
The percentage of U.S. male Veterans with sleep apnea in 2014, according to a new article in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal, preventing Chronic Disease -- Prevalence and Correlates of Sleep Apnea Among US Male Veterans, 2005–2014. This is significant increase from a prevalence of 3.7% in 2005.