Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers - Oct. 27, 2014

By Shirl Kennedy  on 27.10.2014 12:51 pm

25.1%

The percentage of U.S. Army soldiers with "at least one common psychiatric disorder" in the 30 days prior to assessment for the New Soldier Study, in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers, according to a pre-publication article in the journal Depression and Anxiety -- Lifetime Prevalence Of DSM-IV Mental Disorders Among New Soldiers in the U.S. Army: Results From the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).

 

CDP News: Oct. 24, 2014

By Christopher Adams  on 24.10.2014 11:31 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 was a busy week, as we prepared for several events that we’ve got coming up. Here’s a look at just a few of the things we’ve got cooking.

Research Update: Oct. 23, 2014

By Shirl Kennedy  on 23.10.2014 1:30 pm

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

● Combat-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Their Relative Associations With Postdeployment Binge Drinking. 
● A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 

Staff Perspective: What Makes a Good Metaphor in Prolonged Exposure Therapy?

By Kevin Holloway  on 22.10.2014 4:18 pm

Across multiple PE training workshops at which I’ve presented, we’ve discussed the importance of helping our patients understand various aspects of treatment such as rationale, procedures, the nature of the therapeutic relationship, using metaphors. A colleague and I recently discussed the use of metaphor in PE, and shared many of the metaphors we use in treatment.  We realized that many new PE therapists might benefit from considering a wide range of metaphors that could be used in PE treatment, so we present to you several PE metaphors for your consideration.

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