Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 18 May 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 18.05.2023 12:23 pm

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

  • Sleep deficiency, operational fatigue and the interplay of compromising factors: Analysis to aid in fatigue management
  • Associations among meaning in life, coping, and distress in trauma-exposed U.S. military veterans
  • An Application of the Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression Among Young Adult Male Soldiers
  • Families transition, too! Military families transition out of service: a scoping review of research from the Five Eyes nations

Staff Perspective: Therapist, Health Thyself: Do We Really Need Self-Care?

By Diana Dolan  on 17.05.2023 9:55 am
Dr. Diana Dolan

I have a confession to make. I have never really bought into the concept of self-care from a personal perspective. I do think frequently about the risk for burnout in in the behavioral health field, I fully support self-care for others, and I encourage time for self-care among friends and colleagues. For myself though, the concept seemed foreign.

Research Update: 11 May 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 11.05.2023 2:38 pm
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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:

  • Nightmare disorder in active-duty US military personnel
  • Development of a brief support and education intervention for loved ones of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Objective and Subjective Sleep Measures Are Related to Suicidal Ideation and Are Transdiagnostic Features of Major Depressive Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Ruptured selves: moral injury and wounded identity

Staff Perspective: Connecting Clinically - The “Suck It Up and Drive On” Mentality

By Debra Nofziger  on 10.05.2023 9:53 am

When you consider the cultural context of the military as being group-based, it is not unusual for clients to downplay their own pain and symptoms because someone else is "worse" than they are. This can lead to problems with them fully engaging in treatment. Providers must somehow address this without being dismissive of the cultural value behind it.

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