Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers: 7 January 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 06.01.2025 10:36 am

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The number of "active duty and activated National Guard or Reserve service members (who) received a documented diagnosis corresponding to gender dysphoria from January 2015 to August 2022," according to a study published in the journal BMC Health Services Research, Oscillating US Department of Defense policies and medical record documentation of gender dysphoria in service members: An observational time-series analysis.

Research Update: 02 January 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 02.01.2025 1:26 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:

  • Efficacy of metacognitive interventions for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • Factors influencing postdeployment reintegration adjustment for U.S. service members and their spouses by spouse gender.
  • Discrepancies in perceptions of PTSD symptoms among veteran couples: Links to poorer relationship and individual functioning.
  • Daily Step Count and Depression in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Research Update: 19 December 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 19.12.2024 12:36 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Clinic-Level Predictors of Psychotherapy Dosage in the Military Health System.
● Prospective Associations of Exposure to Discrimination and Alcohol Use: A National Longitudinal Study.
● Depression Treatment After a Positive Depression Screen Result.

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