Deployment Psychology Blog

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
Dr. Jenna Ermold

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

Research Update: 27 April 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 27.04.2023 12:42 pm

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

  • Cannabis Use Disorder Symptoms in Weekly Cannabis Users: A Network Comparison Between Daily Cigarette Users and Nondaily Cigarette Users
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy for co-occurring gambling disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans: a narrative review
  • Male Sexual Health Related Complications Among Combat Veterans
  • Altered bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala responses to threat in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

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