Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Deployment, Mental Health Conditions and Psychotropic Medications – Good to Go?

By James C. West  on 19.04.2016 12:32 pm

Although the pace of deployment has decreased in recent years, military members continue to deploy to combat zones and other areas around the globe.  Behavioral health providers who serve a military population are well aware of the ebbs and flows of stresses on military members and their families around deployment cycles.  Modern evidence-based care includes use of appropriate psychotherapies and medications to treat major depressive disorder, PTSD, and other deployment-related conditions.  In addition to providing good care, it is important to consider the compatibility of treatments with future deployments.  The following article will discuss the concepts of deployment-limiting conditions and the impact of psychotropic medications on deploy ability.

CDP News: Apr. 15, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 15.04.2016 12:05 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. April continues to keep all of us busy, which is exactly how we like it. Let’s take a look!

Research Update: Apr. 14, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 14.04.2016 1:02 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:

● Predictors of Positive Illicit Drug Tests After OEF/OIF Deployment Among Army Enlisted Service Members.
● Self-Directed Violence Aboard U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers: An Examination of General and Shipboard-Specific Risk and Protective Factors.

Staff Perspective: Celebrating & Caring for the Military Child: Honoring our Youngest Heroes Year-Round

By Kimberly Copeland  on 13.04.2016 1:20 pm

Thirty years ago, then Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger declared April the “Month of the Military Child.” This sentiment was later formalized with the passing of Senate Resolution 107 on April 23, 2013, which, in part, stated that “in honoring the children of members of the Armed Forces” we, the people, “recognize that those children also share in the burden of protecting the United States.”

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