Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 28 March 2024

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

  • Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
  • Impact of Early-Life Adversity on Cannabis Use: Exploring the Mediating and Moderating Effects of Chronic Pain.
  • Impulsivity and Psychiatric Diagnoses as Mediators of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury.

Staff Perspective: Helping Patients Off Hypnotic Medications Using CBT-I

Providers often report having questions about whether to start CBT-I if a patient is on a sleep medication, or how to help a patient taper off sleep medications and obtain good treatment outcomes while providing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). In this blog, Dr. Rogers will summarize research findings and clinical recommendations pertaining to the use and tapering of hypnotic medications while providing CBT-I.

Research Update: 21 March 2024

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Emotional reactivity linking assaultive trauma and risky behavior: Evidence of differences between cisgender women and men.
● Determining who military service members deem credible to discuss firearm safety for suicide prevention.
● Migraine Prevalence, Environmental Risk, and Comorbidities in Men and Women Veterans.

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