Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 6 June 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 06.06.2024 10:41 am
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Service Dogs for Veterans and Military Members With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.
● Animal-assisted interventions for military families: a systematic review.
● VA/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD and ASD: A Tool to Optimize Patient Care for Trauma Survivors. (Viewpoint)

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - “Don't Forget the Caregivers: Support for Caregivers of Children and Teens After Self-Directed Violence”

By Kevin Holloway  on 05.06.2024 10:30 am
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Like many of you reading this, I am a mental health provider. I have worked with a wide variety of clients dealing with a wide variety of challenges–successfully and competently (or at least I hope). I have had the privilege of bearing witness to and helping people navigate some of the darkest, soul-crushing experiences, sometimes supporting them, sometimes helping them approach rather than avoid, sometimes grieving with them, and always cheering their successes and their strengths. Last fall, I found myself on the other side–well, not exactly.

By the Numbers 3 June 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 03.06.2024 11:41 am

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The portion of veterans interviewed by the RAND Corporation regarding "their endorsement of extremist beliefs" who "reported a negative or traumatic life event while in the military," as discussed in a recent RAND report -- Veteran Narratives of Support for Extremist Groups and Beliefs: Results from Interviews with Members of a Nationally Representative Survey of the U.S. Veteran Community.

Research Update: 30 May 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 30.05.2024 10:10 am

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Survey of Resources in Behavioral Sleep Medicine Across the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency.
● Incidence and prevalence of eating disorders among U.S. military service members, 2016-2021.
● Suicide Attempts and Ideation Among Veterans/Service Members and Non- Veterans Over 5 Years Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Combined NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Study.

Staff Perspective: Because Someone Else Said it Much Better - Using Quotes in Therapy

By Andrea Israel  on 29.05.2024 7:20 am

I love to read. Sure, I enjoy learning; but, there are just so many smart, thoughtful, funny, and witty people out there who find ways to say things better than I could ever imagine. Early in my career, I found myself bringing in quotes from my reading to share with my patients - these little nuggets of goodness that made me think of them or a situation we were talking about.

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