Army STARRS: Volume 2, Issue 3, UPDATED May 31, 2018

This document is an ongoing continuous summary of Army STARRS and STARRS-LS publications. Army STARRS (2009-2015) was the largest and most comprehensive research project of mental health among U.S. Army Soldiers ever conducted. The project was designed to examine a broad range of risk and resilience (protective) factors across a complex set of outcomes including suicidal behaviors and associated mental health issues. Army STARRS scientists created a series of large and extensive databases with the potential to achieve groundbreaking results. These databases allow scientists to investigate a diverse combination of factors from demographic, psychological, biological, neurological, behavioral, and social domains with the goal of generating actionable findings for the Army. The project was designed using an adaptive approach which means it evolved as new information became available over the course of the project. The research team shared preliminary findings, as they became available, with senior Army leadership so the Army could apply them to its ongoing health promotion, risk reduction, and suicide prevention efforts. The work is continuing under the STARRS Longitudinal Study (STARRS-LS) which runs from 2015 to 2020.

CSTS 2017 Annual Report

Available for immediate viewing is the Annual Report for 2017

Santa Fe High School Shooting Disaster Response and Recovery Resources

In response to the tragic shootings at the Santa Fe High School in Texas, the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has created resource page with information and educational fact sheets. These resources provide disaster mental health information to assist families, responders, community leaders, and healthcare providers in response and recovery efforts. The resource page can found HERE

USU National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health: Disaster Health Core Curriculum Available Online

The Uniformed Services University National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is proud to announce a free, eight-hour, online Disaster Health Core Curriculum for All Health Professionals intended for a wide range of health care professionals.

The course consists of eleven, 30-minute to one-hour online training lessons covering a variety of disaster health topics such as personal or family preparedness, communication, ethical and legal issues encountered in disasters, and much more. This curriculum is free and designed to be taken in pieces or as a whole to be flexible for our busy healthcare professional learner. The foundation of this curriculum is the Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.

Click Here to access the lessons

Disaster Psychiatry Updates: Terrorist Mass Killing, Climate Change, and Ebola

Drs. Morganstein, West, and Ursano joined national faculty, Dr. Fred Stoddard and Dr. Joseph Napoli, to present the course, "Disaster Psychiatry Updates: Terrorist Mass Killing, Climate Change, and Ebola", at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New York City. The slides from the presentation can be found HERE