Deployment Psychology Blog

CDP News: June 17, 2016

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. June continued to be another busy month! We had training events going on all around the country, with even more on the horizon.

Research Update: June 16, 2016

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:

● Expert Insight into the Assessment of Competence in Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy: A Qualitative Exploration of Experts' Experiences, Opinions and Recommendations.
● Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review.

Staff Perspective: Employment Concerns for Military Spouses

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While Veteran employment issues have received substantial attention, the difficulties related to military spouse unemployment and underemployment have long existed in the background. Recently, multiple studies and surveys have turned the spotlight onto these issues and the individual and societal problems they present for military families. 

By the Numbers - June 13, 2016

12.9% and 4.3%

The percentages of anxiety disorders among American adults who, respectively, did not complete high school, and those with at least an undergraduate college degrees. These data points come from a recently released brief by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality -- Adults with Less Education Most Likely to Have a Past Year Anxiety Disorder (PDF). 

CDP News: June 10, 2016

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. June is shaping up to be another busy month around here. Let’s take a look at what we were up to this week.

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