The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Clinician’s Trauma Update (October 2017)
● Meditation and yoga for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.
● Moral Injury.
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The percentage increase in the suicide rate of female Veterans from 2001 to 2014, according to a new article in JAMA -- New Data on Suicide Risk Among Military Veterans. The female Veteran suicide rate in 2014 was 19 per 100,000, which the article points out is "roughly 2.5 times higher than the rate among nonveteran US women (7.2 per 100 000)."
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 November already and it's starting to feel like winter out there.
The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Managing Stress after Trauma, PTSD Monthly Update - October 2017
● New Data on Suicide Risk Among Military Veterans.
● National Trends in Suicide Attempts Among Adults in the United States.
Two female Veteran discuss the increased risk of suicide faced by female Veterans and Service members in this recent article, "It's Time to Address the Staggering Rate of Suicide Among Servicewomen and Female Vets." As suggested by the title, authors Kate Hendricks Thomas and Kyleanne Hunter look at the significant statistical increase in suicides among this population.