CDP News: Mar. 18, 2016
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. We were pretty busy this week and next week looks even busier!
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we presented on suicide prevention at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio as part of our University Counseling Center Core Competency - Extended (UC4e) program. You can learn more about our main UC4 program, including how to bring the training to your local college or university by clicking here. On Wednesday and Thursday, we visited Columbia, SC to present a training as part of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program. We also headed up to Portland, ME to present a talk on Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for our Speakers Bureau.
In addition to our face-to-face events, we also held our monthly CDP Presents webinar. The topic was “Psychological Consequences of Brain Injury and Implications for Treatment in Service Members and Veterans.” We were very excited to have two guest presenters, Dr. Johanna Wolf and Dr. Jenelle Anthony, lead this event. It was very educational and well-attended. If you missed it, we will be posting a link to the recorded version in the next week. You’ll be able to find it in our “CDP Presents” section of the website. While you’re there, keep an eye out for the registration link for our next CDP Presents event, “Deploying in Response to an Infectious Disease Outbreak: The Impact on Service Member Mental Health” which will be held on 20 April, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern. Dr. Amy Adler and Dr. Ann Dobelmeyer will discuss their experiences from deploying to West Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak.
Next week we’re headed out to Long Beach, CA for our Regional One-Week Civilian Training event. This was an extremely popular event and registration sold out quickly. We’re looking forward to meeting all of those who signed up! Registration for our next One-Week event, to be held 4-8 April in Des Moines, IA is filling up as well. We’ve got a few other opportunities to take part in this event coming up as well. We’ll be in Boise, ID 16-20 May and Columbus, OH 13-17 June. Click on the dates to be notified via email when registration opens for these events.
Over in the CDP Blog, this week’s Staff Perspective was by Dr. Tim Rogers. He looked at the research regarding the most relevant professional skills for working with Service members, Veterans, and their families. This is a question we hear frequently from the providers at our training events, so it was a very important topic to examine. The Guest Perspective blog, “Targeting Suicide Risk Itself, Not Psychological Disorders, Reduces Suicidal Behavior”, was by Dr. Craig Bryan. Dr. Bryan discussed his team’s research on brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) and its use in the prevention of suicidal behavior among military personnel. Also, don’t forget to check out the Research Update as usual, it’s got all the latest news, articles, and useful links related to deployment psychology.
That’s all for this time around. Enjoy the official start of spring this weekend everyone! Come back next week for a new entry in our “By the Numbers” feature!
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. We were pretty busy this week and next week looks even busier!
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we presented on suicide prevention at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio as part of our University Counseling Center Core Competency - Extended (UC4e) program. You can learn more about our main UC4 program, including how to bring the training to your local college or university by clicking here. On Wednesday and Thursday, we visited Columbia, SC to present a training as part of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program. We also headed up to Portland, ME to present a talk on Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for our Speakers Bureau.
In addition to our face-to-face events, we also held our monthly CDP Presents webinar. The topic was “Psychological Consequences of Brain Injury and Implications for Treatment in Service Members and Veterans.” We were very excited to have two guest presenters, Dr. Johanna Wolf and Dr. Jenelle Anthony, lead this event. It was very educational and well-attended. If you missed it, we will be posting a link to the recorded version in the next week. You’ll be able to find it in our “CDP Presents” section of the website. While you’re there, keep an eye out for the registration link for our next CDP Presents event, “Deploying in Response to an Infectious Disease Outbreak: The Impact on Service Member Mental Health” which will be held on 20 April, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern. Dr. Amy Adler and Dr. Ann Dobelmeyer will discuss their experiences from deploying to West Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak.
Next week we’re headed out to Long Beach, CA for our Regional One-Week Civilian Training event. This was an extremely popular event and registration sold out quickly. We’re looking forward to meeting all of those who signed up! Registration for our next One-Week event, to be held 4-8 April in Des Moines, IA is filling up as well. We’ve got a few other opportunities to take part in this event coming up as well. We’ll be in Boise, ID 16-20 May and Columbus, OH 13-17 June. Click on the dates to be notified via email when registration opens for these events.
Over in the CDP Blog, this week’s Staff Perspective was by Dr. Tim Rogers. He looked at the research regarding the most relevant professional skills for working with Service members, Veterans, and their families. This is a question we hear frequently from the providers at our training events, so it was a very important topic to examine. The Guest Perspective blog, “Targeting Suicide Risk Itself, Not Psychological Disorders, Reduces Suicidal Behavior”, was by Dr. Craig Bryan. Dr. Bryan discussed his team’s research on brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) and its use in the prevention of suicidal behavior among military personnel. Also, don’t forget to check out the Research Update as usual, it’s got all the latest news, articles, and useful links related to deployment psychology.
That’s all for this time around. Enjoy the official start of spring this weekend everyone! Come back next week for a new entry in our “By the Numbers” feature!