Frontlines
Check out our blog on what's new and important in deployment psychology.
- Research Update
- Today's blog features our weekly summary of relevant journal articles, research and links. Some of this week's topics include:<br />•Psychological Aspects of Deployment and Health Behaviours (new NATO report)<br />• Canine-assisted therapy in military medicine. (April-June 2012 issue of the U.S. Army Medical Department Journal)<br />• Alcohol Problems, Aggression, and Other Externalizing Behaviors After Return From Deployment: Understanding the Role of Combat Exposure, Internalizing Symptoms, and Social Environment.<br />• Comparing Marital Status and Divorce Status in Civilian and Military Populations.
- Staff Voices: Five Strategies to Fortify Your In Vivo Work
- So you have constructed an in vivo hierarchy in collaboration with your client. You have identified a variety of exercises across a wide range of SUDs ratings that appear to target the client’s core fears. You have proactively discussed the use of safety behaviors and asked your client to refrain from using them during the in vivo exercises. What's next?
- By the Numbers
- 6,350<br />The number of sexual assaults reported by servicemembers during the past two years, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The chiefs recently released a “32-star” letter to commanders and leaders in the form of a document titled Strategic Direction to the Joint Force on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (PDF).
- CDP Announcements
- It's time for our weekly announcements. Our training schedule has slowed down a bit lately, though we did have time for a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Related to Deployment training at Dover AFB in Delaware. We're prepping for our next round of large-scale training in the late summer and fall.
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