Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Voices: Improving Therapy Outcomes via Psychophysiological Education - (Part II)

By Anthony McCormick  on 23.01.2013 6:42 am

In this segment, I continue on from part 1’s focus on “evolved perspective” and “integrating experiences” to discussing how helping individuals understand deployment’s impact on the nervous system seems to be helpful in facilitating positive clinical outcomes. Lastly, I discuss an anecdotal observation and subsequent treatment addendum that has proved helpful in increasing patient “buy in” and adherence to sleep protocols while reducing complaints about sleep.

CDP News: January 18, 2013

By Christopher Adams  on 18.01.2013 6:42 am

Welcome back for another session of CDP News. Our UC4 program continues to be quite active. The new UC4-e  program held a quite successful PE training last Thursday and Friday. Then this week we visited the University of California at Berkeley and today we’re holding another session at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. This program has been quite well received by both participants and host universities. We’re doing what we can to expand the program to help meet the demand from various counseling centers.

Research Update: January 17, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 17.01.2013 6:42 am

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:

• Means and capacity for suicidal behavior: A comparison of the ratio of suicide attempts and deaths by suicide in the US military and general population.
• What are the Contrindications for Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD; A Case Report.
• Prevalence and Characteristics of Military Malingering.
• Group Therapy Among OEF/OIF Veterans: Treatment Barriers and Preferences.

Staff Voices: Can PTSD Be Treated with Yoga?

By Diana Sermanian  on 16.01.2013 6:42 am

I recently came across a Huffington Post article written by David Wood describing the practice of yoga and its benefits for service members in the military struggling with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  When asked to describe effective treatments for PTSD, I often speak about Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).  So, it's no surprise that this concept of treating PTSD with yoga caught my attention.

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