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. June is shaping up to be another busy month around here. Let’s take a look at what we were up to this week.
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:
● PTSD Monthly Update -- June is PTSD Awareness Month
● Mental Health and Comorbidities in U.S. Military Members.
In 2010, Congress designated the 27th of June as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day. This has now expanded to the month of June as a whole. Even though more of the public has become aware of PTSD in recent years, there is still much work to be done. Many people still have only a vague understanding of what PTSD is, its causes, symptoms and potential treatments.
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The percentage by which the Post-9/11 Veteran population is expected to increase between 2014 and 2019, according to a report released last month by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics -- Profile of Post-9/11 Veterans: 2014.
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 was a slower week than usual, due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, but we’ve got plenty of events on the horizon.