40,000
The approximate number of behavioral heath providers educated by CDP since 2006, on topics including military culture, evidence-based psychotherapies, and clinical issues such as depression, in Service members, Veterans and families.
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 August and the slow summer season is wrapping up soon. We’ve got lots of events on the horizon to keep up busy!
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:
● Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy and Dynamic Psychotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder in a Community Mental Health Setting
● A Randomized Clinical Noninferiority Trial
Hi! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Sharon Ela Hana Birman; not many people know I have two middle names. I am middle child with one older brother and one younger brother. I am an aunt to a beautiful little girl named Abigail. I own a little white dog – he weighs 3 lbs, but makes up for his small size with his big personality. I work as a Clinical Psychologist and love my job. Oh yeah…. And I am straight.
62.1%
The percentage of a group of 2,157 U.S. veterans participating in the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study who "reported experiencing difficulties controlling anger," according to an article published online before print in the journalPsychiatry Research -- The Burden of Hostility in U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Additionally, the researchers reported that "a sizable minority of veterans (23.9%) reported experiencing aggressive urges over a two-year period."