Since 2001, more than 2.6 million U.S. military personnel have been deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn. Between 2001 and 2016, more than 350,000 cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been diagnosed in active duty Service members, most of which are concussive TBI (cTBI), also known as mild TBI.
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The percentage of health care providers in New York State who "met all criteria for effectively serving the veteran population." according to a new RAND Corporation study -- Ready or Not? Assessing the Capacity of New York State Health Care Providers to Meet the Needs of Veterans.
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. It's a brand-new month and we've got plenty to talk about.
The weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Spiritually Integrated Cognitive Processing Therapy: A New Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder That Targets Moral Injury.
● Identifying Barriers to Usability: Smart Speaker Testing by Military Veterans with Mild Brain Injury and PTSD.
● Measuring Resilience to Operational Stress in Canadian Armed Forces Personnel.
Thinking about relationship, and always looking for a new slant that captures imagination, creativity and makes me pause to identify and question long-held beliefs, I decided to write a review of a new book that did exactly that. Dr. Brene Brown is a qualitative grounded theory researcher who develops theories based on peoples lived experiences rather than proving or disproving existing theories. In the midst of an era of disconnection, she speaks of cultivating community and the power of belonging.