Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Lessons From the ACEs Study

By Kelly Chrestman  on 29.06.2022 11:15 am
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Once upon a time, in the post-disco 1980’s, Madonna was singing about material girls and Vincent Felitti was trying to figure out why so many people were prematurely dropping out of his weight loss program at Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Preventative Medicine in San Diego. The weight loss clinic was a state-of-the-art program designed to help those who were 100 to 600 pounds overweight. Inexplicably, many were dropping out even though they had successfully been losing weight.

Research Update: 23 June 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 23.06.2022 2:03 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Behavioral health and treatment-seeking behaviors among deployed vs. nondeployed service members: How impactful is deployment on well-being?
● Resilience enhancing programs in the U.S. military: An exploration of theory and applied practice.
● Implementation Strategies Used and Reported in Brief Suicide Prevention Intervention Studies.

Staff Perspective: Nightmares and Disturbing Dreams

By Maegan Willing  on 22.06.2022 2:15 pm

Today you’re meeting a new patient. They present with a history of combat trauma and report significant sleep disturbances including problems falling asleep because they fear they will have another nightmare.
This may feel familiar to you, and there is a good reason for that. Nightmares are incredibly common after a traumatic event, with some estimates suggesting posttraumatic nightmares occur in 90% of patients with PTSD. 

Research Update: 16 June 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.06.2022 1:00 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Military service branch differences in alcohol use, tobacco use, prescription drug misuse, and mental health conditions.Mapping principal dimensions of prejudice in the United States.
● Problem anger in veterans and military personnel: Prevalence, predictors, and associated harms of suicide and violence.

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