Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers: 11 January 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 11.01.2021 5:16 pm

71%

The percentage of "young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24" who are "currently ineligible for military service, primarily because they are too poorly educated, too overweight, or have a history of crime or substance abuse," according to a letter sent in mid-December to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller from Mission: Readiness, " a nonpartisan organization of nearly 800 retired admirals and generals." 

Research Update: 7 January 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 07.01.2021 12:52 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 

● Veterans’ Treatment Engagement and Dropout from Couple and Family Therapy in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
● Time to Suicide and Suicide Attempt among Army Enlisted Soldiers’ First Year of Service.
● Deployment Experiences and Suicidal Behaviors Related to Interpersonal Violence Perpetration Among Army National Guard Soldiers.

Staff Perspective: Learning from Military Family Resilience During COVID-19

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 06.01.2021 9:06 am
Dr. Marjorie Weinstock

Family resilience is also a topic that my colleagues and I have discussed a great deal over the past few months in regards to the current pandemic. So, my interest was piqued when I recently ran across an article by Dr. Heather Prime and colleagues in American Psychologist focusing on how to encourage family resilience in the wake of COVID-19-related stressors. One of the first things I noticed was that the conceptual framework that they use is very similar to the one we describe when talking about military family resilience in our training events.

Research Update: 31 December 2020

By Shirl Kennedy  on 31.12.2020 1:57 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 

● Experiences of Mental Health Clinicians and Staff in Rapidly Converting to Full-Time Telemental Health and Work from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
● Telemental Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Virtualization of Outpatient Care Now as a Pathway to the Future.
● Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base

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