2.77 Million
The number of Service members who have served on 5.4 million deployments, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Examination of Recent Deployment Experience Across the Services and Components.
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. We’re already halfway through March and spring is just around the corner!
The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Using the Linehan Risk Assessment and Management Protocol With a Chronically Suicidal Patient: A Case Report.
● Predicting Suicide Ideation in the Military: The Independent Role of Aggression.
● Evaluating the Effectiveness of Safety Plans for Military Veterans: Do Safety Plans Tailored to Veteran Characteristics Decrease Suicide Risk?
When I got married, my bridal shower hostess asked for my guests to give my husband and me advice on having a happy marriage. This wisdom ranged from “Never go to sleep angry” to “Remember that being happy is more important than being right.” All of this seemed to be good, sound advice for a couple who came into the relationship a bit later in life, after we had dealt with most things from our pasts. However, this got me thinking, “What happens to our Service members and Veterans and their significant others when they are unable to put the past in the past due to the multiple stressors of military life and exposure to traumatic events?”
8.1%
The percentage of American adults age 20+ who "had depression in a given 2-week period" during 2013-2016, according to a recently released data brief from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, Prevalence of Depression Among Adults Aged 20 and Over: United States, 2013–2016.