The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Development and implementation of an objective structured clinical examination for evaluating clinical psychology graduate students.
● The Deadly Gap: Understanding Suicide among Veterans Transitioning Out of the Military.
● VICTORS: A Conceptual Framework for Implementing and Measuring Military Spiritual Fitness.
Melatonin is a hormone that is naturally found in the body. It is produced synthetically in the laboratory and is available in pill form as well as forms that can be absorbed under the tongue or through the cheek. However, before we talk about the role of melatonin in sleep, let’s talk about what it’s NOT for. So many of the patients I work with on sleep issues describe taking melatonin on a regular basis, every night before bed. Melatonin is not a sedative. It is not sleep inducing and it does not share any of the properties of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Family and occupational functioning following military trauma exposure and moral injury.
● Options for Veterans Experiencing Sleep Impairment.
● Perceived benefits of a brief acupuncture for sleep disturbances in post-deployment military service members.
A number of my military patients – and likely your patients, too, judging by the consultation requests we see – seem to have gotten so used to the effects of getting insufficient sleep they wonder if they don’t really need much sleep. Maybe they’re just short sleepers, they wonder; maybe there’s no need to change their sleep habits