Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 21 February 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 21.02.2019 12:55 pm
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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:
● Factors associated with completing evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD among veterans in a national healthcare system.
● Expressions of emotional distress in active duty military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury: A qualitative content analysis.
● Examining the impact of different types of military trauma on suicidality in women veterans.

Staff Perspective: Contextualizing the Resilience of LGBTQ Military-Connected Couples

By Kaleigh DeSimone  on 20.02.2019 11:19 am

Despite an extensive history of punitive practices towards what we know today as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, LGBTQ people have served in the United States military since its inception (GSAFE, 2018). Those LGBTQ Veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War did so at a time when the military defined homosexuality as a mental disorder, with support from the organized medical community (e.g., APA).

CDP News: 15 February 2019

By Christopher Adams  on 15.02.2019 11:08 am

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 already halfway through February and we've still got lots of events this month.

Research Update: 14 February 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 14.02.2019 10:49 am
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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:
● Pre-deployment insomnia is associated with post-deployment post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in US Army soldiers.
● Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
● Association Between Predeployment Optimism and Onset of Postdeployment Pain in US Army Soldiers.

Staff Perspective: Pondering the impact of Dynamic Force Employment on Navy Couples - Managing Relationships During Times of Uncertainty

By April Thompson  on 13.02.2019 10:56 am
April Thompson, LCSW

“Dynamic Force Employment” When I first heard this term, I thought it was a new program designed to help military spouses find jobs.   There are new initiatives being created all the time to support spouses and families and I thought this might be one of them.  I was wrong.

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