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. March is well underway and there’s lots to talk about.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● PTSD Research Quarterly - Opioid Use Among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
● PTSD Monthly Update - February 2019: How You Can Help Your Veteran With PTSD
● Discrepancies in diagnostic records of military service members with selfreported PTSD: Healthcare use and longitudinal symptom outcomes.
According to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), more than 380,000 active duty Service members received a first-time TBI diagnosis between 2000 and the first quarter of 2018. Embedded in that large number are not only the experiences of the Service members themselves, but also their family members and caregivers whose own lives are often affected by a TBI diagnosis for their loved one.
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The number of active duty military suicides in 2018, according to a recent article in Military Times -- Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018. This total included 57 Marines, 68 Sailors, 58 Airmen, and 138 Soldiers. "The deaths equal the total number of active-duty personnel who died by suicide in 2012, the record since the services began closely tracking the issue in 2001," the article said.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Sticking it out in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: It takes a village.
● Suicidal Imagery in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.
● Traumatic Event Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Sleep Disturbances in a National Sample of U.S. Adults.