Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Soul Asylum Rocks the Troops in the Middle East

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 07.02.2018 10:44 am
Carin Lefkowitz, Psy.D.

It’s easy to say “I support the troops.”  It’s quite another thing to leave your family during the holidays, travel 24 hours to the other side of the world, clear multiple levels of security, and provide free entertainment to deployed Service members.  However, this is what the band Soul Asylum did recently.   In late December, I talked with lead guitarist Ryan Smith about performing for Service members, morale abroad, and the experience of being a civilian visitor in a deployed setting.

CDP News: 2 February 2018

By Christopher Adams  on 02.02.2018 12:49 pm

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 a new month and we’ve got lots of new events to talk about.

Research Update: 1 February 2018

By Shirl Kennedy  on 01.02.2018 11:35 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:
● Medications for PTSD, Explained, PTSD Monthly Update - January 2018
● Effect of Prolonged Exposure Therapy Delivered Over 2 Weeks vs 8 Weeks vs Present-Centered Therapy on PTSD Symptom Severity in Military Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
● Military Cultural Competence.

Staff Perspective: Who Makes the Decisions Around Here?

By Sharon Birman  on 31.01.2018 9:53 am
Sharon Birman, Psy.D.

Various theories of psychotherapy have long highlighted the importance of developing individualized treatment plans developed to meet the idiographic needs of the individual person. Decades of research have also supported the positive impact of patient-provider collaboration, which has yielded benefits to include increased sense of empowerment, autonomy, and satisfaction with treatment (Slade, 2017). Collaboration in treatment has led to improved treatment compliance and engagement, thereby producing enhanced treatment outcomes (Patel et al., 2008).

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