Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: A Look Back at Joining Forces Wellness Week 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 23.11.2016 11:37 am

During the week of Veterans Day, 7-11 November, the Center for Deployment Psychology was proud to support the fifth annual Joining Forces Wellness Week (JFWW). Over these five days, CDP provided technical assistance, logistical support and personnel to a series of hour-long webinars. These webinars featured presentations from numerous organizations focusing on the unique needs and overall well-being of Service members, Veterans and their family members.

CDP News: Nov. 18, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 18.11.2016 11:08 am

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 hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week, but we’ve got lots to fit in before then.

Staff Perspective: The Healthcare of Transgender Service Members - A Discussion on Recent Policy Developments

By Laura Cho-Stutler  on 16.11.2016 11:20 am
Laura Cho-Stutler, Psy.D.

With the 2011 repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and Don’t Pursue policy, which later became known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), the transgender military population was left unprotected with an increased uncertainty about their status in the US military.  They were unable to join the military and if already serving, being identified as a transgender individual could be grounds for involuntary separation or denial of reenlistment (Goldbach & Castron, 2016; Kerrigan, 2012).

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