Deployment Psychology Blog

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “Take That Nap! Strategies and Tips for Working with the Sleep Deprived”

Dr. Jenna Ermold

When we think of “sleep problems” most of the time our brains go to insomnia – that group of people we work with who have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite adequate opportunity to sleep. But what about the opposite side of the sleep coin… or pillow, if you will? What about the group of folks who desperately want sleep, need sleep, crave sleep AND could sleep if only given adequate opportunity to do so? In this week’s episode, we sit down, once again, with one of CDP’s sleep experts, Dr. Diana Dolan, to talk about sleep deprivation and the associated functional impairments

Research Update: 19 January 2023

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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: 
● Sudden gains in therapist-guided versus self-guided online treatments for anxiety or depression.
● Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia with objective short sleep duration phenotype: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
● Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia prevents and alleviates suicidal ideation: insomnia remission is a suicidolytic mechanism.

Staff Perspective: New Military Kids & Families Training Series!

The Center for Deployment Psychology and Kennedy Krieger Institute are working collaboratively on a study focused on enhancing evidenced-based treatment outcomes for military children with developmental and behavioral health needs. This project explores telehealth and tele-education feasibility and best practices to increase access to specialty care and to identify programs and service delivery models to enhance the care and well-being of military-connected children. This project include a series of self-paced online courses which include free CEs.

Research Update: 12 January 2023

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Mental health of U.S. combat veterans by war era: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans study.
● Targeting Perceived Burdensomeness to Reduce Suicide Risk.
● Self-compassion buffers the internalized alcohol stigma and depression link in women sexual assault survivors who drink to cope.

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