Deployment Psychology Blog

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - “Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Ears: The Real Deal With the Righting Reflex”

Dr. Jenna Ermold

How much advice should a provider provide, if the provider could provide advice? As behavioral health providers we often, with good intentions, get swept up in a mission of change with (for?) our clients. A client states problems they are experiencing and we clearly see what needs to be “fixed” and jump in with our EBP guns blazing. But perhaps, at times, we are a little too quick on the draw.

Staff Perspective: Introducing the Second Life Island for Preventing Suicide

Over the last few years, the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) has been hard at work developing a first of its kind training for the core components of cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP). The resulting Second Life Island for Preventing Suicide, or SLIPS, is an asynchronous, avatar-based learning environment focused on reinforcing the concepts learned during traditional two-day CBT-SP workshops.

Research Update: 15 August 2024

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Unveiling the Structure in Mental Disorder Presentations.
● Heavy Versus Light Smoking: Its Association With Opioid Use, Chronic Pain, and Mental Health.
● Reasons for Gun Ownership Among Demographically Diverse New and Prior Gun Owners.

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