Trauma and Diversity: Moral Injury Among Justice-Involved Veterans: An Understudied Clinical Concern – W. Blake Martin, Ryan Holliday and James P. LePage

by ISTSS Blogs | May 4, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, StressPoints

While the concept of moral injury has existed for years, moral injury has received increased empirical attention over the past decade. Many definitions of moral injury exist; however, one of the most commonly used is by Litz and colleagues (2009) who define moral...

Military Matters: The Mental Health and Service Utilization Among Reserve and National Guard Forces Study: A Summary of Key Findings – Jing Wang, PhD, and James C. West, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | May 4, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, StressPoints

The reserve component of the United States military plays an important role in national defense, accounting for approximately 40% of deployed forces in recent conflicts (Tanielian & Jaycox, 2008). Currently, the reserves represent 53% of the total Army population,...

How to Predict and Mitigate Risk of Evacuation of US Service Members from Deployed Settings for Behavioral Health Reasons – Mary Thornquist, PhD, James Leonard, MPH, Melissa Fraine, MPH, Christopher Loftis, PhD, & John Davison, MBA, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 21, 2020 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Acute behavioral health crises are one of the leading causes of medical evacuation from combat operations for American service members (Williams, Stahlman, & Oh, 2017), and evacuees with psychiatric disorders are less likely to return to duty (Cohen, et al.,...

Death Notification: Challenges for Health Care Providers and Other Professionals – Stephen J. Cozza, M.D., Rafael F. Zuleta, B.S., Brian W. Flynn, Ed.D.

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 4, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat

Although the phrase, death is a part of life, is commonly stated, discussions about death and informing those who are impacted by it remain uncomfortable topics for professionals. How do we tell someone that a death has occurred, especially when it is sudden and...

Comparison between Women-Only and Mixed-Gender Intensive PTSD Treatment for Female Veterans – Elina A. Stefanovics, PhD and Robert A Rosenheck, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 2, 2019 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Women veterans diagnosed with PTSD are an especially rapidly growing subgroup of VHA patients (Washington, Davis, Der-Martirosian, & Yano, 2013), constituting 10.3% of all those diagnosed with PTSD in 2015. With the recognition that women veterans with PTSD have...

Clinical Considerations for Trauma-Related Guilt in Military Personnel – Carmen McLean PhD & Lily Brown PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 1, 2019 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Guilt is commonly reported by trauma survivors and has been linked to greater posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity (e.g., Bryan et al., 2015). As such, understanding how guilt impacts PTSD recovery has been of significant interest to clinicians and...