Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Suicide Awareness Month

By Elizabeth Parins  on 28.09.2016 12:00 pm

September is Suicide Awareness Month in the United States. I would like to use this opportunity to discuss three ideas that are important in bringing awareness to the effort of reducing the burden of suicide.   I will briefly touch on the stigma of suicide, the extent of suicide among Veterans, and the warning signs of suicide as they relate to Service members and Veterans.

CDP News: Sept. 23, 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 23.09.2016 11:47 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. We officially said good-bye to summer this week, but this fall is looking like it’s going to be plenty busy as well.

Research Update: Sept. 22, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 22.09.2016 12:19 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:

● PTSD Monthly Update -- Strategies for Protecting Your Relationships When Challenges Get in the Way 
● Randomized Controlled Trial of Prolonged Exposure Using Imaginal Exposure vs. Virtual Reality Exposure in Active Duty Soldiers With Deployment-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 

Staff Perspective: Coping in our Post-9/11 World - Part 1, Personal Life

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 21.09.2016 11:16 am

As the 15th anniversary of 9/11 drew near, I found myself thinking a lot about how the world has changed in those years and how those changes have impacted my personal life and my work.  Last month, I drove through New York City to visit my hometown.  Seeing the skyline always elicits in me a strange combination of grief for lives lost and pride in New Yorkers’ resilience.    But on this drive I found myself thinking “What’s next?” and “Maybe it’s not safe to be in NYC.”  Perhaps this was because the anniversary of 9/11 was right around the corner, but I also think it had a lot to do with the seeming increase in local and global violence.

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