Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 27 August 2020

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Delivering Prolonged Exposure Therapy via Videoconferencing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview of the Research and Special Considerations for Providers.
● Alcohol-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and co-occurring injuries, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2009-2018.
● Parental Relationship Quality and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Investigating The Role of Parental Warmth and Hostility in United States Military Families.

Staff Perspective: Lean Into Your Moral Pain

Andrew Santanello, Psy.D.

Several years ago, I was co-facilitating a group Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) session with several BIPOC (Black, Indiginous, People of Color), Vietnam Veterans. During agenda setting, one of the Veterans in the group wanted to discuss a Challenging Beliefs Worksheet (CBW) that he had completed during the past week. I acknowledged his request, and, since he didn’t often speak about his practice assignments, I asked the group if we could start with his agenda item. The rest of the group agreed.

By the Numbers: 24 August 2020

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The number of U.S. military Veterans who "have experienced childhood physical or sexual abuse," according to a recent study published online before print in the Journal of Affective Disorders -- Associations of childhood abuse and combat exposure with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in U.S. military veterans: a nationally representative study

Research Update: 20 August 2020

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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Modern Warfare Destroys Brains.
● Changes in Physical Activity and Sleep Among Veterans Using a Service Dog as a Rehabilitation Modality for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: An Open-Label Single-Arm Exploratory Trial Using Actigraphy-Based Measures.
● Predictors of Dropout in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: An Examination of Trauma Narrative Content.

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