Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: Feb. 27, 2014

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:

● Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families: An Assessment of Programs (2014)
● 2013 Military Spouse Study Finds 90% of Responding Female Spouses of Active Duty Service Members Are Underemployed

Staff Perspective: A Comparison of the Changes to the PTSD Diagnosis in DSM V

Kelly Chrestman, Ph.D.

Last summer my colleague Holly O’Reilly filled you in on some of the changes to the PTSD diagnosis with the publication of DSM-5.  After reviewing the changes side-by-side, I thought it might be helpful to share this table with you detailing the differences, so you could look at the key changes in context and get a handle on what is different and what has stayed the same.

CDP News: Feb. 21, 2014

Welcome to this week’s CDP News update! We like to spend a few minutes to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. With the President’s Day holiday on Monday, we had a shortened week, but we’ve still got plenty of upcoming training events and opportunities to talk about.

Research Update: Feb. 20, 2014

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:

● Assessment: Is it PTSD? February PTSD Monthly Update
● Gulf War and Health, Volume 9: LongTerm Effects of Blast Exposures (2014)

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