Deployment Psychology Blog

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “Is There an Elephant in Your Room? What to do When Sociocultural and Political Issues Stomp Into Your EBP”

Dr. Jenna Ermold

You can sense it coming, feel it before you see it and hear it. The small tremors in conversation that warn you the elephant is incoming. In this episode of Practical for your Practice, we roll up our sleeves with Dr. Abigail Angkaw to address the topic of what clinicians can do when sociocultural and political issues stomp into their EBP.
Listen to the episode: Is There an Elephant in Your Room? What to do When Sociocultural and Political Issues Stomp Into Your EBP

Research Update: 27 April 2023

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

  • Cannabis Use Disorder Symptoms in Weekly Cannabis Users: A Network Comparison Between Daily Cigarette Users and Nondaily Cigarette Users
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy for co-occurring gambling disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans: a narrative review
  • Male Sexual Health Related Complications Among Combat Veterans
  • Altered bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala responses to threat in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Research Update: 13 April 2023

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

  • Stigma and Barriers in Health Care Among a Sample of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Active Duty Service Members
  • Positive emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder: A global or context-specific problem?
  • A daily diary study of the romantic partner relationship dynamics associated with anger and other posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
  • Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 134 cohorts

Staff Perspective: Purple Up! in Support of Military Children

Dr. Lisa French

April was established as the Month of the Military Child in 1986 by the former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to recognize the unique experiences of military children. In 2011 “Purple Up! For Military Kids” was initiated by the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Military Youth and Family Program as a visible way to show support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices by wearing purple. The color purple was chosen to represent the joint environment of the military by combining each service branch's colors.

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