Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Moral Injury and Moral Repair

By Amy Amidon  on 01.03.2016 11:38 am

“Die woman, die!”  These are the words of HM2 Jones (All patient material has been de-identified), a 30-year-old Navy FMF corpsman with two tours to Iraq, as he watches an Iraqi woman lay dying.  She has just killed one of his Marines during a firefight, and he has just returned fire on her.  Yet as the corpsman, his role now is to save her.  “I wanted her to die.  I was so angry.  It bothers me that it doesn’t bother me, Doc.  Is that wrong?  Am I evil?”  He continues to question his capacity for evil.

By the Numbers - Feb. 29, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 29.02.2016 11:24 am

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The median number of outpatient visits (for any reason) for PTSD patients in the military health system, according to a recent RAND Corporation study -- Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression in the Military Health System: Phase I Report.  According to a research brief based on the report, the median number of outpatient visits (for any reason) for depression patients is 30.

CDP News: Feb. 26, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 26.02.2016 12:43 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’ve got plenty of exciting training opportunities coming soon!

Research Update: Feb. 25, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 25.02.2016 11:47 am

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

● Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression in the Military Health System: Phase I Report (RAND)
● Mapping the interplay among cognitive biases, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms.

Staff Perspective: A Look at the 2014 Department of Defense Suicide Event Report

By Lisa French  on 24.02.2016 12:03 pm

This same time last year I shared data from the calendar year 2013 (CY13) Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER). The DoD releases the most up-to-date DoDSER report annually, which summarizes fatal and nonfatal suicide events for U.S. Service members. As someone who is highly interested in suicide prevention and intervention, I anxiously await the release of the new document every year.

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