Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: Jan. 23, 2014

By Shirl Kennedy  on 23.01.2014 3:37 pm

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

  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a spectrum of neuropathological changes following repetitive brain trauma in athletes and military personnel.
  • Polysomnographic findings in a cohort of chronic insomnia patients with benzodiazepine abuse.

Staff Perspective: The Importance of Provider Sustainment, Self-Care and the Avoidance of Compassion Fatigue

By Diana Sermanian  on 22.01.2014 12:55 pm

Shortly after I joined the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), I was asked to be part of a working group to develop a course on provider sustainment, also known more widely as provider self-care.  Although, we did not at the time offer

CDP News: Jan. 17, 2014

By Christopher Adams  on 17.01.2014 3:38 pm

Welcome to the latest edition of CDP News! We like to take a few minutes each Friday to look back at recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events.

Research Update: Jan. 16, 2014

By Tayebeh Monfared  on 16.01.2014 2:38 pm

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

  • Suicide Rates in VHA Patients through 2011 with Comparisons with Other Americans and other Veterans through 2010
  • Sexual Assault Reports Drop at Service Academies

Staff Perspective: A Look at Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

By Mary Brinkmeyer  on 15.01.2014 4:04 pm

In today's Staff Perspective column on the CDP's blog, Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer examines Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, an evidence-based intervention, and talks with Dr. Robin Gurwitch, a PCIT trainer, who has been leading an initiative to bring PCIT to military families at installations across the country. Check it out below!

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