This year, 2016, we celebrate a notable anniversary for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP). Ten years ago, CDP was established at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and embarked on the crucial undertaking of training and educating behavioral health professionals to help them better care for our nation’s Service members, Veterans, and their families.
40,000
The approximate number of behavioral heath providers educated by CDP since 2006, on topics including military culture, evidence-based psychotherapies, and clinical issues such as depression, in Service members, Veterans and families.
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. It’s August and the slow summer season is wrapping up soon. We’ve got lots of events on the horizon to keep up busy!
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:
● Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy and Dynamic Psychotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder in a Community Mental Health Setting
● A Randomized Clinical Noninferiority Trial
Hi! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Sharon Ela Hana Birman; not many people know I have two middle names. I am middle child with one older brother and one younger brother. I am an aunt to a beautiful little girl named Abigail. I own a little white dog – he weighs 3 lbs, but makes up for his small size with his big personality. I work as a Clinical Psychologist and love my job. Oh yeah…. And I am straight.