9,395,892
The total number of prescriptions written for "active component members" in 2014, according an article in the September issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Reports (MSMR) -- Rate of Prescriptions by Therapeutic Classification, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2014 (PDF).
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 a shortened week due to the holiday on Monday, but we squeezed in plenty of events and we’ve got even more on the horizon!
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:
● Health Care: Assessment of DoD Suicide Prevention Processes (DoD OIG)
● Dual Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury and Alcohol Use Disorder: Characterizing Clinical and Neurobiological Underpinnings.
ERRT targets physiological, behavioral, cognitive aspects related to the development and maintenance of nightmares through a three-session treatment protocol. Each session is approximately 60 minutes and starts by providing psychoeducation about trauma, nightmares, and sleep hygiene, as well as teaching progressive muscle relaxation. The main emphasis is to provide relevant background information, modify maladaptive sleep habits, and to help patients gain proficiency with relaxation skills, such as progressive muscle relaxation.
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. Everyone is getting ready for the holiday weekend, but we’ve got plenty to talk about before we get there.