9%
The percentage of men in the United States who "reported daily feelings of anxiety or depression," according to a new data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) -- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Men’s Use of Mental Health Treatments (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’s already been a busy summer and we’ve got lots more events coming up!
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:
● Changes in Suicide Mortality for Veterans and Nonveterans by Gender and History of VHA Service Use, 2000–2010.
● Emotional memory processing is influenced by sleep quality.
As clinicians who veterans and active service members, many of us see residual symptoms following successful treatment. We have patients who have successfully completed exposure treatment who were very capable of rehearsing their traumas and reducing their anxiety, yet some of them continue to show stubborn residual agitation. Their stories have become more coherent as they work through successive exposures, they progress through in vivo experiences, and their functioning improves. Their description sounds like their baseline anxiety level has gone from 3 to 5.
12x
The rate at which female veterans between the ages of 18-29 are killing themselves, compared to a similar population of nonveterans, according to a study published online before print in the journal Psychiatric Services -- Changes in Suicide Mortality for Veterans and Nonveterans by Gender and History of VHA Service Use, 2000–2010. When all age groups are taken into consideration, the researchers found, women who have served in the military commit suicide at roughly 6x the rate of women who did not serve.