Blog posts with the tag "Suicide"

Staff Perspective: Might ACT Provide an Important Inroad in the Treatment of Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors During COVID-19 and Beyond?

By Erin Frick  on 08.09.2021 11:13 am
Dr. Erin Frick

Our profession continues to bend and shape to meet the needs of clients amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one concern taking up space in most mental health professionals’ minds is how the pandemic will impact suicide risk. The conventional wisdom is that the associated life stressors, relational challenges, and greater access to firearms due to a surge in sales all may lead to a perfect storm whereby more people will be at risk of dying by suicide.

Research Update: 2 September 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 02.09.2021 1:34 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Better off with you: Exploring congruity between caregivers’ and Veterans’ experience of efforts to cope with suicide.
● An examination of department of defense environmental factors that contribute to reporting sexual harassment.
● Military identity and planning for the transition out of the military.
● Shorter and longer-term risk for non-fatal suicide attempts among male U.S. military veterans after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization.

By the Numbers: 30 August 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 30.08.2021 2:35 pm

Roughly 2/3rds

Of the total number of veterans with suicidal ideation, the percentage of those who are not engaged in mental health treatment, according to an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry -- Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in US Military Veterans: Results From the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

By the Numbers: 16 August 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.08.2021 12:01 pm
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18.9%

The percentage of suicides ("almost 1 in 5") "documenting traumatic brain injury" that occurred among decedents "with a history of military service," according to a recent article published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Reported History of Traumatic Brain Injury Among Suicide Decedents: National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003–2017

Staff Perspective: Clinical Skills and Optimizing Treatment - The Case for EBPs

By Jeffrey Mann  on 19.05.2021 9:41 am
Jeffrey Mann, Psy.D.

Over the years I’ve worked with a variety of patients and learned a few lessons along the way about efficiency… especially when it comes to the use of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies (EBPs). As a graduate student, I had very little exposure to EBPs and I was thoroughly immersed in existential and client-centered therapy. As I entered the military for my internship year I had my first introduction to protocol-based treatment and I was very skeptical. That year and the subsequent years have been transformative in the way I approach my patients' problems.

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