In honor of the April's Month of the Military Child, this blog highlights the voices of three children as they reflect on the emotional and practical realities of growing up in a military family. As the second part of a two-part series, it offers a closer look at one family’s experience navigating preparation, separation, and connection throughout the deployment cycle.
600,000+
The number of referrals for behavioral health care in the VA health system received by veterans from 2021 through 2024. According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report -- Veterans Community Care Program: Information on Behavioral Health Referrals, Fiscal Years 2021 Through 2024 -- "More than half of these referrals were for outpatient therapy."
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Pituitary hormone abnormalities following military-related traumatic brain injuries.
● Associations between health-related behaviors and self-reported cognitive symptoms in U.S. military personnel injured on deployment.
● The mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between moral injury and resilience among mental health professionals during wartime.
Service members, including Active Duty (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force), Reserve Units, and National Guard members, are referred to network providers for a wide range of medical care, including behavioral health services. Receiving care outside of a military treatment facility can be more complex than typical civilian healthcare.
22.2%
The percentage of 18- to 21-year-olds.in the U.S. who have used "generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a mental health resource," according to an article in JAMA Psychiatry -- Patients Use AI—Clinicians Should Ask How.