Deployment Psychology Blog

By the Numbers: 8 July 2019

$100,000-$110,000

The amount per year that DOD spends "to compensate the average active duty servicemember—to include cash, benefits, and contributions to retirement programs—although some estimates of compensation costs are substantially higher," according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service -- Military Pay: Key Questions and Answers
 

Research Update: 5 July 2019

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

● Clinician's Trauma Update Online (CTU-Online)
● Evaluating the effectiveness of REBOOT Combat Recovery: A faith-based combat trauma resiliency program.
● Changes in suicidal ideation following cognitive processing therapy in a VA residential treatment program.
● Psychotherapists’ reports of technique use when treating anxiety disorders: factors associated with specific technique use.

CDP News: 5 July 2019

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. This week was a short one, due to the Independence Day holiday, but we've got plenty to talk about.

Staff Perspective: Storytelling May Strengthen Patient-Provider Relationships and Reduce Stigma

A creative program at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin called My Life, My Story caught my attention recently. This unique initiative invites Veterans to share their life stories with an interviewer who takes notes. Subsequently, the interviewer writes up the Veteran’s story in a one-page first-person account and reviews it with the patient, who can add more details or correct mistakes. The thousand-word biographies are then attached to the patients’ medical records for clinicians to read.

By the Numbers: 1 July 2019

10.1%

The percentage of "junior enlisted women" in the U.S. Army who had a baby in 2017, according to a recent story at Military.com -- Birth Control Policies at Boot Camp Affect Military Readiness, Study Finds. This is the highest percentage among the four Service branches; for the Air Force, it was 5.1%; for the Navy, it was 6.1%; and for the Marine Corps, it was 9.7%.

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