20%
The approximate percentage of U.S. mental health facilities that do not offer "suicide prevention services or outcome follow-up after discharge," according to a new article in the journal Psychiatric Services -- Characteristics of U.S. Mental Health Facilities That Offer Suicide Prevention Services.
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. It was another busy week here at the CDP and we’ve got plenty more coming up, so let’s dive right in.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Journal of American College Health -- Special Issue: Student Service Members/Veterans Participating in Higher Education
● A Content Analysis of Military Psychology: 2002–2014.
It was the summer of 2007 and I was in the homestretch of planning a wedding to my best friend, an active duty psychologist for the U.S. Navy stationed at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center (now Walter Reed Military Medical Center). We had chosen November 10th for our wedding date. I loved the idea of a fall wedding and my husband, also a former Marine, assured me that he would never forget our anniversary if we got married on the Marine Corps birthday.
The amount "obligated" in FY 2014 by the Department of Defense (DOD) for roughly "650,000 servicemember PCS moves," according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) -- Military Compensation: DOD Needs More Complete and Consistent Data to Assess the Costs and Policies of Relocating Personnel. PCS -- Permanent Change of Station -- "is a key tool used by the military services to fill assignments both in the United States and overseas."