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SampleSeniorProjectPPT.pptxReducing rates of suicide within the military community
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https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-does-the-suicide-rate-among-veterans-of-the-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-compare-to-that-among-veterans-of-earlier-wars
United States Population
(U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
Civilians Past Present 208.1 26.4 1.2
Post-traumatic stress disorder Exposure to a traumatic event where an individual witnesses or risks death, traumatic injury, or sexual abuse (barlow, 2018)
Risk factors
military service
recent deployment
combat exposure
young age (Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families, 2014)
junior enlisted (Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families, 2014)
24%
(Denworth, 2018)
Symptoms of PTSD
Recurrent memories or dreams
Dissociative reactions
Avoidance of triggers
Changes in personality
Social detachment
(barlow, 2018)
https://militarybenefits.info/ptsd/
Major depression An excessively negative mood lasting longer than two weeks; including both cognitive symptoms and disturbed physical functions (Barlow, 2018)
negative mood and mindset
personality changes
subjective feelings
impaired physical functioning
suicide ideation or thoughts
(barlow, 2018)
Symptoms of Depression
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Explanation Theories of ptsd
The Fear Conditioning Model (VanElzakker, Dahlgreen, Davis, Dubois, & Shin, 2013)
The Associative-Learning-Deficits Model (VanElzakker et al., 2013)
Explanation theories of depression
The Learned Helplessness Theory (barlow, 2018)
Beck’s Cognitive Theory of Depression (Barlow, 2018)
Perceived Barriers to Receiving Mental Health Care
Operational Demands
Negative Social Stigma
Career Consequences
Denial of a Problem
(Britt et al., 2016)
http://www.ct.gov/dmhas/lib/dmhas/publications/CSP-StagesofChangeModel.pdf
Recommendation #1
Implementation of Mandatory Mental Health Screenings Post-Deployment
Early interventions show benefits existing up to several months post-trauma
(Kearns, Ressler, Zatzick, & Rothbaum, 2012).
Recommendation #2
Expansion of Evidence-Based Therapies such as Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
VA Clinical Guidelines Support CAM Modalities as Methods of Treatment
Hypnosis & Biofeedback most often used for treatment of Psychological Issues
(Herman, Sorbero, & Sims-Columbia, 2017).
References
Barlow, D. H. (2018). Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach, 8th Edition. [Chegg]. Retrieved from https://ereader.chegg.com/#/books/9781337514040/
Britt, T. W., Jennings, K. S., Cheung, J. H., Pury, C. L. S., Zinzow, H. M., Raymond, M. A., & McFadden, A. C. (2016). Determinants of mental health treatment seeking among soldiers who recognize their problem: implications for high-risk occupations. Work & Stress, 30(4), 318–336. https://doi org.uiulibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/02678373.2016.1246490
Denworth, L. (2018). Preventing Suicide. Scientific American, 318(4), 54–59. Retrieved from https://uiulibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?qurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ebscohost.com%2flogin.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26db%3dafh%26AN%3d128485487%26site%3dehost-live%26scope%3dsite
Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families. (2014). Retrieved November 15, 2018, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml
U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/12_Military-Service.pdf
VanElzakker, M. B., Dahlgren, M. K., Davis, F. C., Dubois, S., & Shin, L. M. (2013). From Pavlov to PTSD: the extinction of conditioned fear in rodents, humans, and anxiety disorders. Neurobiology of learning and memory, 113, 3-18.
