The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Core Mental Health Clinician Capacity and Use Rates in the US Military.
● The evolution of veteran educational attainment gaps over the life cycle.
● Emotional and Behavioral Problem Profiles of Preteens With Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Multicultural Study.
I’ve had mixed experiences with group therapy in my clinical practice. There’s no doubt that groups offer unique benefits beyond individual therapy. But they can also be difficult to initiate, in terms of recruiting group members, conducting screenings, and finding a time (and location) that works for all. And, in my experience, the choice to offer a group can sometimes be made out of necessity, as opposed to being a thoughtful recommendation based on the particular needs of the patient(s)
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The suicide rate of veterans for 100,000, according to an article in the journal Military Medicine -- Stigma and Barriers to Care, Online Mental Health Tools, and Suicidality in California’s Veterans. The article indicates that the suicide rate for non-veterans is 18.0 per 100,000.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Moral Coping or Simply Uncomplicated Soldiering? How Soldiers Avoid Moral Injury Through Simplification, Justification, Rationalization, and Compartmentalization.
● Adverse Childhood Experiences in Military, Veteran, and Civilian Families.
● Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Inpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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The proportion of "military suicide deaths" that result "from self-inflicted gunshot wounds," according to statistics from the Department of Defense cited in an article in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior -- Threat perceptions, defensive behaviors, and the perceived suicide prevention value of specific firearm storage practices.