Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: A Guide for Family Members and Friends in Helping Veterans Seek Mental Health Care

By Steven L. Sayers  on 11.04.2017 11:33 am

At least 60% of military Veterans who have served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan have enrolled in care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, many Veterans are reluctant to seek mental treatment. A recent study suggests that about one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans who have major depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and over half of those who acknowledge alcohol misuse, do not choose to get mental health treatment in the year following screening (Elbogen et al., 2013).

By the Numbers - Apr. 10, 2017

By Shirl Kennedy  on 10.04.2017 12:19 pm

$100,000 - $110,000

The amount spent each year by the Department of Defense (DOD) "to compensate the average active duty servicemember (including) cash, benefits, and contributions to retirement programs," according to a recent Congressional Research Service report -- Military Pay: Key Questions and Answers. Although, as the report points out, "some estimates of compensation costs are higher."

CDP News: Apr. 7, 2017

By Christopher Adams  on 07.04.2017 2:00 pm

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. It’s starting to feel like spring out there and we spent the week out and about all over!

Research Update: Apr. 6, 2017

By Shirl Kennedy  on 06.04.2017 11:17 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:

● PTSD Monthly Update -- Which PTSD Treatment Is Right for Me?

● Examining the role of psychological factors in the relationship between sleep problems and suicide.

Staff Perspective - Preparing for Another Deployment: Reflections on Month of the Military Child

By April Thompson  on 05.04.2017 10:29 am

April is the Month of the Military Child and as I think about why we set-aside a month for this purpose, I reflect on the phrase “Kids serve, too.”  You’ll often hear this phrase used as a short-hand acknowledgement of the fact that children of our military Service members make sacrifices right alongside their parents.  The life of a military child includes challenges such as frequent relocations, long separations from a deployed parent (or parents) and the uncertainty that can come from being a part of a military-connected family.  Since 2001, over two million children have experienced the military deployment of a parent with many of them experiencing multiple deployments.

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