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. We're right in the middle of summer, but fall will be here before you know it. In addition to relief from the hot weather, this fall will breing a wealth of training opportunities from the CDP.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● A Guide to Guidelines for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults: An Update
● An appraisal of the American Psychological Association’s Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
● Potential ethical pitfalls and dilemmas in the promotion and use of American Psychological Association-recommended treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder.
● Predictors for Excellent Versus Partial Response to Prolonged Exposure Therapy: Who Needs Additional Sessions?
Two exposure therapists take a hike in the woods in Alaska... It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Bad joke as it might be, my intention is to use this hiking event to demonstrate how situational factors, purposely manipulated or accidentally occurring, can greatly impact the distress experienced during an in vivo exposure exercise.
