The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Development of the PTSD-Repository: A Publicly Available Repository of Randomized Controlled Trials for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
● Are Clinicians Confident in the Risk Assessment of Suicide?: A Systematic Literature Review.
● The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress in the Association between Harassment and Alcohol Use among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Military Personnel.
Feelings of fear and anxiety related to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can inadvertently lead to social stigma due to lack of knowledge or misinformation about how COVID-19 spreads, a need to blame someone, and fears related to the disease and death.
The number of "active-duty personnel" who "have died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces" between 2006 and 2020, according to an updated CRS In Focus report -- Trends in Active-Duty Military Deaths Since 2006. This includes mobilized Guard and Reserve members.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the U.S. and around the world have faced agonizing and ethically difficult situations where they feel like they cannot do enough or are unable to live up to their own standards. Some examples include not being able to be there in person to care for an infected family member, worrying about exposing others to infection, being unable to provide for their family due to job loss, or being unable to adequately care for children and their education during school closures.