Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: Aug. 25, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 25.08.2016 2:45 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:

● Efficacy of the Mantram Repetition Program for Insomnia in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Naturalistic Study.
● Thinking or doing? An examination of well-established suicide risk factors within the ideation to action framework.

Staff Perspective: A Brief History of LGB Individuals and the Military (Part 2)

By Sharon Birman  on 24.08.2016 12:08 pm
Sharon Birman, Psy.D.

LGB Service members have faced workplace stigma, institutional heterosexism, and discrimination for decades.  In spite of exclusionary policies, LGB persons have long served in the U.S. military. Same-sex behaviors have been prohibited in the military setting as far back as the Revolutionary War. In 1942, the first policies explicitly prohibiting gay and lesbian individuals from joining the military were enacted. While in WWI sodomy laws were the basis for exclusion, WWII focused on exclusion on the basis of “sexual proclivities”. In 1953, President Eisenhower issued executive order 10450 prohibiting federal personnel from participating in “subversive” groups, maintaining that “sexual perversion” presents a security risk.

Staff Perspective: LGB History in Psychology and the Military (Part 1)​

CDP News: Aug. 19, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 19.08.2016 12:37 pm

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. Happy Friday to everyone out there!

Research Update: Aug. 18, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 18.08.2016 11:35 am

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:

  • Generalizability of Evidence-Based PTSD Psychotherapies to Suicidal Individuals: A Review of the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines.
  • Noassociation between the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region polymorphism and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in combat veterans with or without comorbid depression.

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