June 21, 2012: Research Update
• Organizational Psychosocial Factors and Deployment-Related Exposure Concerns in Afghanistan/Iraq War Veterans.
Welcome to another Friday edition of CDP News, where we take a look at recent and upcoming news and events at the Center for Deployment Psychology. As part of the CDP’s mission to provide training in evidence-based therapies to behavioral health providers, we’ve been hosting weekly consultation calls for those who have been through a Prolonged Exposure (PE) or Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) training with us. These calls have been well received and this has prompted us to expand our consultation call offerings. We’re proud to announce that starting Tuesday, June 25, we’ll be adding a weekly call on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
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:
• Evaluating treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder with cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure therapy in a VHA specialty clinic.
• California Department of Veterans Affairs: It Has Initiated Plans to Serve Veterans Better and More Cost‐Efficiently, but Further Improvements Are Needed.
• Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs
Have you, or someone you know experienced a traumatic event? Chances are the answer is yes. Most people exposed to a traumatic event will not go on to have long-term negative emotions or symptoms related to t
The percentage of "honorably discharged veterans" qualified for VA health care that "take advantage of this benefit," according to a recent article in the American Journal of Nursing, Enhancing Veteran-Centered Care: A Guide for Nurses in Non-VA Settings.