10%
The approximate percentage of the "death row population" that are Veterans, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) -- Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty. This represents about 300 Veterans, according to the report.
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 good to be back to our normal schedule after the holiday disruption, but we’ve got lots of events to squeeze in before the next set of holidays roll around. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got!
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:
● Clinician’s Trauma Update (October 2015)
● PTSD Research Quarterly -- Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD
As military spouse with three children and a clinical psychologist who works at a military hospital, military family issues are ever-present in my mind and on my heart. So, when I read about the Military Family Stability Act of 2015, my interest was naturally piqued. The Military Family Stability Act of 2015 was introduced to Congress by Senators Blunt (Mo.), Gillibrand (NY), Hirono (HI), and Burr (NC) as a bill “…to provide a period for the relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and facilitate the relocation of military families.” By adding greater flexibility in key aspects of permanent change of station (PCS) moves, changes introduced by the bill would ideally mitigate some of the negative effects of relocation on military families. While the fate of this bill remains unknown, the content provides excellent material for some important conversations about military family life.
21%
The percentage of a sample of 488 mental health providers working with military populations who "reported elevated levels of burnout," according to a study published online before print in the journal Psychiatric Services -- Prevalence of Professional Burnout Among Military Mental Health Service Providers.