Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Understanding and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

By Alison Cernich  on 22.03.2016 12:30 pm

A U.S. Veteran, I’ll call him Steve, walked into my office following his third and final military deployment. He was referred to me for an evaluation of a potential traumatic brain injury (TBI). As a member of an artillery unit, traveling across Iraq in convoys, Steve, who is a composite, not an actual person, witnessed many deaths and injuries; he felt lucky to have returned safely home without significant limitations, other than post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

By the Numbers - Mar. 21, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 21.03.2016 1:03 pm

59%

"The grant rate for Vietnam veterans applying for PTSD-based discharge upgrades" from the Army Board for the Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) since former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hegel issued a memo in 2014 ordering administrative boards "to grant 'liberal consideration' to applications from veterans with PTSD," according to a new report issued by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School -- Unfinished Business: Correcting “Bad Paper” for Veterans with PTSD (PDF)

CDP News: Mar. 18, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 18.03.2016 1:43 pm

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. We were pretty busy this week and next week looks even busier!

Staff Perspective: What Does it Take to Work with Veterans and Military Families?

By Timothy Rogers  on 16.03.2016 4:44 pm

Review of Leppma et al (2016) article on assessment of professional competencies working with veterans and military families.

What does it take to work with Veterans and military families?
Leppma et al. (2016) conducted a study to examine professional competencies deemed most relevant for mental health providers working with Veterans and their families.  The study makes an important contribution to military psychology by taking the initial steps to define critical professional competencies utilizing evidence-based practices.

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