Deployment Psychology Blog

CDP News: April 26, 2013

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another edition of our weekly roundup of all the happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, CDP News. This week marked the conclusion of our latest iteration of the eight-day “Topics in Deployment Psychology” course. We’d like to thank all of our participants and presenters, both staff and guests. We certainly couldn’t have done it without you! It’s a lot of work for everyone, but it’s well worth the effort for such successful results.  One particular panel of note, after the enthuastic reception it received in our last iteration, we held another panel focusing on lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender in the military. It was a very thought provoking discussion and we’d like to extend a special thank you to all involved in making it happen.

Research Update: April 25, 2013

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:

•Interview: Does Complex Trauma Exist? A “Long View” Based on Science and Service in theTrauma Field.
•Dissemination and implementation of prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stressdisorder.
•Helping Vulnerable Populations: A Comprehensive Review of the Treatment Outcome Literatureon Substance Use Disorder and PTSD.

Staff Voices: The Next Step in Virtual Reality Treatment

Using virtual reality to help assist in the treatment of PTSD is nothing new. There have been numerous efforts to simulate stressful situations from the safety of a therapist’s office,  including the Virtual Iraq program,  the T2 Virtual PTSD Experience in Second Life by the National Institute of Telehealth and Technology and several others. 

CDP News: April 19, 2013

Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to wrap the week up with a look at the latest news and happenings around the Center for Deployment Psychology in this week’s CDP News. We’ve completed five of the eight days of the latest iteration of our “Topics in Deployment Psychology”. It’s been a very good session so far with plenty of great presenters and engaged participants. Our thanks go out to both groups for making it such a success so far.

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