Deployment Psychology Blog

November 9, 2012: CDP News

We've reached the end of another week, but before we get to the long holiday weekend we've got the latest CDP News update. Today, Dr. Paula Domenici is delivering our UC4 presentation at the University of Hawaii - Manoa. Speaking of our UC4, we'll also be headed to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where Dr. Ted Bonar will speak.

November 1, 2012: Research Update

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:
• The Ontology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Natural Kind, Social Construction, or Causal System?
• Alcohol Problems as a Risk Factor for Postdisaster Depressed Mood Among U.S. Veterans.

November 8, 2012: Research Update

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:
• The Ontology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Natural Kind, Social Construction, or Causal System?
• Alcohol Problems as a Risk Factor for Postdisaster Depressed Mood Among U.S. Veterans.

Staff Voices: Movie Review - Twelve O'Clock High and Military Mental Illness

Sometimes it can be good to go back to the past to better understand the future.  The movie Twelve O’Clock High by Darryl F. Zanuck is a film that is worth watching more than once. It stars Gregory Peck and was filmed in 1949 post World War II. This movie was based on the novel by Beirne Lay Jr and Sy Bartlett.

November 5, 2012: By the Numbers

21.5 million

That's the total number of military veterans in the United States as of 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in a fact sheet aboutVeterans Day 2012, which contains many other interesting statistics about Those Who Served.

Of the 21.5 million U.S. veterans, 1.6 million are women.

9.2 million are older than 65; 1.8 million are younger than 35.

3.5 million veterans have a service-connected disability rating.

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