Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Abandon Ship or Focus on Strategies to Improve Adherence to Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia

Dr. Tim Rogers

When conducting our two-day workshops on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), participants often note that a high percentage of their patients experience or report having sleep difficulties. Participants also note that patients seeking help have often been struggling with these problems for years. As a result, patients can enter into treatment feeling both helpless and hopeless about the possibility of their sleep functioning improving.

Research Update: 3 November 2022

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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Depressive Symptoms and Conspiracy Beliefs.
● Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life.
● A randomized trial of brief couple therapy for PTSD and relationship satisfaction.

By the Numbers: 31 October 2022

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Number of service members who died by suicide in the 2021 calendar year. The number includes 328 active duty service members, 74 reservists, and 117 members of the National Guard. These number and the graphic below (click on it for a larger version) come from the "Department of Defense Annual Report on Suicide in the Military: Calendar Year 2021

Research Update: 27 October 2022

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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Real-World Evaluation of a Large-Scale Blended Care-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression.
● Service and demographic factors, health, trauma exposure, and participation are associated with adjustment for former Australian Defense Force members.
● Resilience in Army STARRS: Evaluating psychometrics of a multi-dimensional resilience measure.

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