28,600
and
8,730
The numbers, respectively, of DOD contractor personnel and U.S. troops in Afghanistan as of March 2016, according to a new Congressional Research Service Report -- Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2016 (PDF).
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. Happy Friday to everyone out there!
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:
I recently learned about the Mood Coach app from a participant at one of my recent trainings on CBT for Depression (CBT-D). We’ve tried to include information about pertinent apps in our workshops, as we know that many of the Service members we treat find this type of technology appealing (oftentimes more so than using traditional pencil-and-paper worksheets).
24%
The percentage of Veterans who live in rural area, compared to 18.6% of civilians, according to a new report from the VA's National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics -- Characteristics of Rural Veterans: 2014 (PDF).