Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 11 May 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 11.05.2023 2:38 pm
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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:

  • Nightmare disorder in active-duty US military personnel
  • Development of a brief support and education intervention for loved ones of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Objective and Subjective Sleep Measures Are Related to Suicidal Ideation and Are Transdiagnostic Features of Major Depressive Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Ruptured selves: moral injury and wounded identity

Staff Perspective: Connecting Clinically - The “Suck It Up and Drive On” Mentality

By Debra Nofziger  on 10.05.2023 9:53 am

When you consider the cultural context of the military as being group-based, it is not unusual for clients to downplay their own pain and symptoms because someone else is "worse" than they are. This can lead to problems with them fully engaging in treatment. Providers must somehow address this without being dismissive of the cultural value behind it.

Research Update: 4 May 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 04.05.2023 5:38 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:

  • Reculturation: A new perspective on military-civilian transition stress
  • Health disparities among millennial veterans by sexual orientation
  • Promoting resilience and psychological wellbeing of military providers: The Navy Medicine Caregiver Occupational Stress Control (CgOSC) program
  • Limitations of benefit finding as a coping mechanism for combat-related PTSD symptoms

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “Is There an Elephant in Your Room? What to do When Sociocultural and Political Issues Stomp Into Your EBP”

By Jenna Ermold  on 03.05.2023 10:21 am
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You can sense it coming, feel it before you see it and hear it. The small tremors in conversation that warn you the elephant is incoming. In this episode of Practical for your Practice, we roll up our sleeves with Dr. Abigail Angkaw to address the topic of what clinicians can do when sociocultural and political issues stomp into their EBP.
Listen to the episode: Is There an Elephant in Your Room? What to do When Sociocultural and Political Issues Stomp Into Your EBP

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