35.9%
The percentage of military spouses of Service members with 2-5 years of service who "met criteria for at least one psychiatric condition," according to new article in the journal Depression and Anxiety -- Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in United States military spouses: The Millennium Cohort Family Study.
In late 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the Department of Defense published an update to their practice guidelines for the management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This two-part blog will highlight the major recommendations of the new practice guideline: part 1 will focus on recommendations for screening and assessment and part 2 will focus on treatment considerations. Although we hope that these blogs help to clarify the major elements of the new guideline, we strongly suggest that all clinicians review the guideline for themselves. The full guideline as well as the Clinician Summary and Pocket Guide can all be viewed and downloaded in PDF format here.
In late 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the Department of Defense published an update to their practice guidelines for the management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This two-part blog will highlight the major recommendations of the new practice guideline: part one will focus on recommendations for screening and assessment and part two will focus on treatment considerations. Although we hope that these blogs help to clarify the major elements of the new guideline, we strongly suggest that all clinicians review the guideline for themselves.
2.77 million
The number of U.S. Service members who "have served on 5.4 million deployments" since 9/11, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Examination of Recent Deployment Experience Across the Services and Components.
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