Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 24 October 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 24.10.2019 4:36 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:

● Associations Among Childhood Trauma, Childhood Mental Disorders, and Past-Year Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Civilian Men.
● The continuum of sexual trauma: An examination of stalking and sexual assault in former US service members.
● Social Media and Suicide: A Review of Technology-Based Epidemiology and Risk Assessment.
● Gender Differences in Threat Biases: Trauma Type Matters in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Staff Perspective: Opioid Misuse in the Military

By Elizabeth Parins  on 23.10.2019 4:54 pm
Elizabeth Parins, Psy.D.

A study of non-treatment-seeking infantry soldiers who had been deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq Tobin, et al (2014) found that 44.0% reported chronic pain (pain for more than 90 days). Of those chronic pain suffers, 48.3% reported symptoms for over one year. Additionally, 15.1% of this non-treatment-seeking sample was using opioids. The comparable rates of civilian chronic pain and opioid use at the time of this study were 26.0% and 4.0%. Alarmingly, 44.1% of soldiers reporting opioid use also reported mild to no pain in the past month and 5.6% reported no pain (Tobin, et al, 2014).

By the Numbers: 21 October 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 21.10.2019 2:57 pm

7.8 per 1,000

The rate of violent injuries experienced by healthcare workers in 2017, "compared to rates under 2.0 per 1,000 for other private industry," according to a recent article in the journal Health Affairs -- Violence And The US Health Care Sector: Burden And Response.

Research Update: 17 October 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 17.10.2019 1:02 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:
● A Resting-State Network Comparison of Combat-Related PTSD with Combat- Exposed and Civilian Controls.
● Social Media and Suicide: A Review of Technology-Based Epidemiology and Risk Assessment.
● Role of masculinity in relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and well-being in military veterans.

Staff Perspective: The Slippery Slope from a Bad Night’s Sleep…to an Alcohol Problem?

By Diana Dolan  on 16.10.2019 5:05 pm
Diana Dolan, Psy.D.

Have you ever said “I need a drink!” to a friend or colleague? Maybe you’d had a long, stressful day, or maybe you wanted to unwind and relax before bed. I think it’s endemic in our society to an extent, the use of having a drink – let me clarify, an alcoholic drink – to de-stress, and by extension for many, to try to get to sleep.

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