Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 3 April 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 03.04.2025 10:02 am
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines.
● Was it helpful? Treatment outcomes and practice assignment adherence and helpfulness among U.S. service members with PTSD and MDD.
● Firearms lethal means safety among Veterans: Attitudes toward involving a concerned significant other.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “It's Not What You're Doing. It's Why You're Doing It: Complex Cases and EBPs"

By Jenna Ermold  on 02.04.2025 10:41 am
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Complex cases… The rule? Or the exception? In this episode of Practical for Your Practice, we sit down with Dr. Aaron Brinen, who argues that complexity is often the norm when it comes to client cases. Dr. Brinen shares valuable insights on how to effectively serve clients with complex issues, emphasizing the importance of a thorough case formulation. We dive deep into how this process can lead to more effective strategies for change.

Research Update: 27 March 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 27.03.2025 11:30 am
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Prescription Stimulant Use, Misuse, and Use Disorder Among US Adults Aged 18 to 64 Years.
● Exploring the dissociative subtype of PTSD: The role of early-life trauma, cortisol, and inflammatory profiles.
● Dropout in a clinical trial for comorbid PTSD and MDD among US service members: Are pretreatment characteristics predictive?

Staff Perspective: Military Families with Children Who Have Special Needs

By Jessica Strong  on 26.03.2025 9:27 am
Dr. Jessica Strong

As a military spouse, mother of three extraordinary military children, and researcher on military families, I know military families and children are resilient. Like many other military families, our story includes cross-country and global moves, navigating the emotional terrain of multiple deployments, making friends and moving away from them, and growing through it all. However, personally and through my research, I also know that resilience isn't an innate characteristic; it's a dynamic quality that is carefully cultivated.

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