Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: In Their Own Words - The Voices of the Military Culture Training

In today's blog entry, Dr. Jenna Ermold discusses some of the potential missteps behavioral health provides may make when treating military-connected clients. Many of these examples come directly from Service members, Veterans and their families, who were interviewed while creating the "Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals" online course.  Click below to check it out!

By the Numbers - Nov. 2, 2015

43% and 19%

The percentage of accidental deaths in the U.S. Army from 2005-2011 caused, respectively, by motor vehicles and drugs/alcohol, according to a December 2014 article in the journal Military Medicine -- Mortality Surveillance in the U.S. Army, 2005-2011. By way of comparison, in the U.S. general population, the two most common causes of accidental death were drugs/alcohol (36%) and motor vehicles (35%).

CDP News: Oct. 30, 2015

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. Last week was a busy week and it looks like we’ve got another one coming up!

Research Update: Oct. 29, 2015

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:

● Up-scaling clinician assisted internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for depression: A model for dissemination into primary care.
● A lifetime approach to major depressive disorder: The contributions of psychological interventions in preventing relapse and recurrence.

Staff Perspective: Book Review -- “Redeployment”, by Phil Klay. (2014)

There are many books on and about war, but in "Redeployment" Phil Klay has managed to write not just about the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but to depict the depth and complexities of the human experience impacted by war, both in the combat zone and on the homefront.  Engaging, intense, and humorous, this creative collection of short stories is sure to become a classic.

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