Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: Aug. 15, 2013

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:
  •  The use of biomarkers in the military: From theory to practice.
  •  Effectiveness of Imagery Rescripting and Reprocessing Therapy on Suicidal Ideation in Individuals with Suicide Attempt History.

By the Numbers - Aug. 12, 2013

159,107 
and
192,317

Between 2000 and 2012, 159,107 "active component service members" experienced 192,317 "mental disorder hospitalizations," according to the July 2013 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). The report in this special "Mental Health Issue" points out that "mental disorders are the only illness/injury category for which hospitalization rates have markedly increased during the first 11 years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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