Last summer my colleague Holly O’Reilly filled you in on some of the changes to the PTSD diagnosis with the publication of DSM-5. After reviewing the changes side-by-side, I thought it might be helpful to share this table with you detailing the differences, so you could look at the key changes in context and get a handle on what is different and what has stayed the same.
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The percentage of military spouses who report being underemployed, according to the results of the 2013 Military Spouse Employment Survey, recently released by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF).
Welcome to this week’s CDP News update! We like to spend a few minutes to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. With the President’s Day holiday on Monday, we had a shortened week, but we’ve still got plenty of upcoming training events and opportunities to talk about.
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:
● Assessment: Is it PTSD? February PTSD Monthly Update
● Gulf War and Health, Volume 9: LongTerm Effects of Blast Exposures (2014)
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