84%
The percentage of U.S. Air Force personnel who report "using caffeinated beverages" one or more times a week, according to a forthcoming article in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology -- Caffeine consumption among active duty United States Air Force personnel.
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 looking like May is going to be another busy month with lots of great events going on.
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 Online (CTU-Online)
● Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: The ED-SAFE Study.
You have probably heard many Service members and Veterans talk about having family members or close friends who have served. This is not surprising or uncommon to see across many career fields. Having a close friend or relative “sell” you on the benefits of any decision can definitely increase desirability and buy-in. I know that I talked to both active duty Service members and Veterans (to include family members) before I signed on the dotted line.
1 in 3
The proportion of Service members who "chose to report their sexual assault last year," according to the recently released Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Ten years ago, that proportion was 1 in 14.