9.2%
The percentage of all VA users in 2012 who sought care for PTSD, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine -- Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations: Final Assessment.
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 been a busy week, full of training events all across the country. Next week looks like it’s going to be more of the same as we continue the CDP’s mission of offering high-quality training on evidence-based therapies to civilian and military behavioral health providers.
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:
● Positive posttraumatic stress disorder screens among first-time medical cannabis patients: Prevalence and association with other substance use.
● Proinflammatory milieu in combat-related PTSD is independent of depression and early life stress.
Even though PTSD is an important topic year-round, it takes the forefront this month as June is National PTSD Awareness Month. In 2010, Congress designated June 27th as PTSD Awareness Day. Since then many organizations, including the Center for Deployment Psychology, have attempted to highlight PTSD and provide resources for behavioral health providers, as well as those in need. Below you will find links to a variety of resources and organizations that may assist in the treatment of PTSD.
46.5%
The percentage of women in a sample of 1,700 "current-era veterans" (346 women and 1,354 men) who had received a diagnosis of major depressive disorder at some point during their lifetimes (MDD-L), according to a recent study in the Journal of Affective Disorders -- Lifetime major depression and comorbid disorders among current-era women veterans.