Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers: 4 March 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 06.03.2019 9:49 am

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The number of active duty military suicides in 2018, according to a recent article in Military Times -- Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018. This total included 57 Marines, 68 Sailors, 58 Airmen, and 138 Soldiers. "The deaths equal the total number of active-duty personnel who died by suicide in 2012, the record since the services began closely tracking the issue in 2001," the article said. 

Research Update: 28 February 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 28.02.2019 12:10 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Sticking it out in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: It takes a village.
● Suicidal Imagery in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.
● Traumatic Event Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Sleep Disturbances in a National Sample of U.S. Adults.

Staff Perspective: Military Couples and Relationships

By Regina Shillinglaw  on 27.02.2019 10:54 am

Relationship distress is a common presentation in the military mental health clinic in which I work and is also a frequently seen precipitating factor for combat stress during deployment. Most of the mental health professionals I work with cite relationship woes as the top reason underlying adjustment disorders in theater. We also know that relationship problems of various types (loss of relationship, perceived burdensomeness in relationships) are associated with an elevated risk of suicide and other mental health problems.

By the Numbers: 25 February 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 25.02.2019 12:34 pm

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The percentage of women Veterans who "reported inappropriate/unwanted comments or behavior by male veterans on VA grounds," according to a pre-publication article posted online by the journal Women's Health Issues -- Prevalence of Stranger Harassment of Women Veterans at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and Impacts on Delayed and Missed Care.

CDP News: 22 February 2019

By Christopher Adams  on 22.02.2019 11:10 am

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. Between the President’s Day holiday on Monday and the inclement weather later, it’s been a bit of a hectic week around here.

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