Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Listening to the Stories of Service Members and Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

By Jennifer Phillips  on 20.03.2019 11:24 am

After exploring the effects on the immediate family, I’d like to refocus on the injured Service member/Veteran and highlight some important resources for better understanding the experiences of TBI through the words of the survivors themselves. The following links highlight several examples of interviews and documentaries with Service members and Veterans who experienced TBI during their military careers.

Research Update: 14 March 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 14.03.2019 12:52 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:
● What Do Veterans Want? Understanding Veterans’ Preferences for PTSD Treatment Delivery.
● Relationships of deployment and combat experiences to postdeployment negative health conditions among Army National Guard soldiers.
● The reliability of the Epworth Sleepiness Score in a sleep clinic population.

Staff Perspective: Military Spouses and Traumatic Brain Injury – Exploring the Stories of Affected Partners and Resources for Caregivers

By Jennifer Phillips  on 13.03.2019 11:29 am

In continued recognition of Brain Injury Awareness Month, this is the second in a series of blog posts examining the stories of military families affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). This week I will focus on the experience of the injured individual’s spouse by reviewing related research, first-person accounts, and resources available to support partners as they learn to navigate the often-unfamiliar role of caregiver.

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