Last Friday, 18 October, the country lost a strong champion of Service members, Veterans and their families when Congressman Charles William “Bill” Young (R, FL) passed away at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Through nearly 21 terms as a Representative of the people of Florida, C.W. “Bill” Young was a passionate advocate of the needs and welfare of Service members and Veterans.
The odds -- according to a study in the September issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- of servicewomen with a diagnosis of postpartum depression (PPD) also being diagnosed with suicidality, compared to servicewomen without a PPD diagnosis. Among military dependent spouses with a PPD diagnosis, the odds are 14.5, compared to spouses without PPD.
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the latest edition of CDP News! Join us as we take a few moments to review the recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, as well as look ahead to upcoming events. We start this week’s column off on an unfortunate note, our civilian one-week training scheduled for 28 October through 1 November in Reno, NV has been cancelled. However we’ve already got our next 1-week training session on the calendar. The next one-week training is scheduled for 7-11 April, 2014 in the Washington, DC metro area. Keep an eye on our Upcoming Training page, for more information. We hope to see you at a future event!
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:
CBT-I Coach is a useful mobile app designed to support Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia work with your patients.