Deployment Psychology Blog

By The Numbers: 5 February 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 05.02.2024 11:35 am

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The percentage of "sexual and/or gender diverse (SGD)" adolescents who "may have at least one parent currently or previously serving in the US military, an estimated 133,000 youth nationwide," according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry -- Youth With Sexual or Gender-Diverse Identities and Military Connection: Recommendations to Optimize Clinical Care.

Research Update: 1 February 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 01.02.2024 12:20 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Characteristics of Mental Health Specialists Who Shifted Their Practice Entirely to Telemedicine.
● Challenges and Opportunities to Maximize Mental Health among Shipboard Sailors: A Qualitative Study.
● Addressing moral injury in the military.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - Saying Nothing is Worse Than Saying The Wrong Thing - Suicide Postvention for Providers

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 31.01.2024 10:19 am

As providers, we’re trained to do everything we possibly can to prevent suicide. We take continuing education courses, we ask the “right” questions, we provide gun locks, we offer crisis sessions, we collaborate on safety plans, and we document it all. Then we hope and pray that our patients use the tools that we’ve given them and that we don’t receive that dreaded notification. But sometimes all of our best work is not enough.

Research Update: 25 January 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 25.01.2024 11:29 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: 
● Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Disparities in Mental Health Among U.S. Service Members and Veterans: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study.
● Types and Brands of Derived Psychoactive Cannabis Products: An Online Retail Assessment, 2023.
● Assessment of suicidal ideation via telemedicine: a case report and management suggestions.

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