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Research Update: 15 September 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 15.09.2022 1:14 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Combining a stellate ganglion block with prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized clinical trial.
● The impact of prior head injury on outcomes following group and individual cognitive processing therapy among military personnel.
● Mechanisms of quality-of-life improvement in treatment for alcohol use disorder.

Staff Perspective: Where’s the Parenting Manual Regarding Youth Suicide?

By Erin Frick  on 14.09.2022 12:23 pm

When I became a parent just over five years ago, I felt so untethered. Here I was a practicing mental health professional for 20 years and I was scrambling for information on “infant sleep” and “what to do if you’re struggling with breastfeeding.” Fast forward to the early school-age period, and I now anxiously seek out information on power struggles and managing tantrums. Apparently, knowing a lot about child development doesn’t actually prepare you when it’s your own child.

Research Update: 8 September 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 08.09.2022 1:43 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● The role of military identity in substance use and mental health outcomes among U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.
● The potential role of sleep symptoms in tobacco withdrawal for the success of cessation therapies.
● Posttraumatic cognitions and sexual assault: Understanding the role of cognition type in posttraumatic stress symptoms and problematic alcohol use.

Staff Perspective: Misconceptions About Sleep

By Diana Dolan  on 08.09.2022 12:57 pm
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You name it, we’ve heard about it. Our sleep consultants regularly come across purported new “solutions” for sleep problems, many of which of course involve only a low, low price. If I sound skeptical, it’s because I am; if a revolutionary cure for sleep problems existed, why do people continue to have problems sleeping? So many of my patients have been convinced something works, but still come in reporting they do not sleep well.

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