Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Solving Problems Can Enhance Resilience and Improve Adjustment

By Arthur Nezu,  on 05.04.2016 1:37 pm

While conducting workshops for decades around the world for many different types of individuals, both professionals and laypeople, the answer to the question I frequently pose to attendees—“Who here had a week recently devoid of problems?” leads consistently to an absence of raised hands. We all have problems—some small, and unfortunately at times, some being quite overwhelming. Based on this common sense consensus, we would all further agree that it is not abnormal or unusual to have problems. 

CDP News: Apr. 1, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 01.04.2016 12:46 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 is shaping up to be another busy month for us!

Research Update: Mar. 31, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 31.03.2016 12:36 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:

● Where Do Soldiers Really Come From? A Faculty Development Workshop on Veteran Centered Care.
● Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. What We Know and What We Need to Know: Findings from a National Working Group.

Staff Perspective: Male Military Spouses -“Invisible” Family Members?

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 30.03.2016 1:52 pm

Recently there was a big discussion in a military spouse Facebook group that I am a member of over a new series in the Military Times called the “Mom-to-Mom Guide for Military Families,” which is a collection of Q&A contributions from military moms.  I haven’t read the entire series, but the first entry incudes a spouse’s answers to questions about the challenges of maintaining her career as a military spouse, her children’s educational experiences, and the challenges of moving her children into new schools during a PCS move … none of which are experiences that are limited to military moms.  One of the few male spouses who is a part of the group expressed his frustration at the title of the series, noting that it is just one example of how male military spouses are often marginalized and can be invisible to many within the military community.

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