Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: March 7, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 07.03.2013 6:42 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:

• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: National Findings from VA Residential Treatment Programs.
• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Treatment of Headache Pain: A Pilot Study.
• Factors Associated With Shift Work Disorder in Nurses Working With Rapid-Rotation Schedules in Japan: The Nurses' Sleep Health Project.
• Proportionate responses to life events influence clinicians' judgments of psychological abnormality.

Staff Voices: Program Evaluation: Why is it relevant?

By Christopher Adams  on 06.03.2013 6:42 am

ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY! That is the mantra of our current era of fiscal challenges. It is noteworthy then to ask how will viable programs continue to thrive with diminished resources?  An effective strategic tool to guide this decision process is program evaluation.  The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO, Designing Evaluations, 2012) defines program evaluation as “A systematic study using research methods to collect and analyze data to assess how well a program is working and why.” 

CDP News: March 1, 2013

By Christopher Adams  on 01.03.2013 6:42 am

Welcome to March and this week’s edition of CDP News. As always, we’ll be taking a brief look at the happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology. First up, today is the final day to register in advance for our Southwest Regional Civilian Training to be held in Phoenix March 11-15. Our week-long training events are a great opportunity to learn about a wide variety of deployment related issues directly from CDP’s very own subject matter experts.

Research Update: February 28, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 28.02.2013 6:42 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:

• Physiological Employment Standards III: physiological challenges and consequences encountered during international military deployments.
• Risk for Addiction-Related Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Large Cohort of Active-Duty U.S. Airmen.
• Neural Network Modulation by Trauma as a Marker of Resilience: Differences Between Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Resilient Controls.

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