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’ve just about made it to the unofficial end of summer, but we’ve still got lots of great events coming up! Let’s get to it.
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: Sleep Problems Following Trauma
● Behavioral Health and Service Use Among Civilian Wives of Service Members and Veterans: Evidence from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (RAND)
Regardless of the topic on which I am presenting, if I have a bit of time at the end, I always speak briefly about the concept of moral injury. It’s heartening to see that clinicians are becoming familiar with this important issue and that it resonates deeply on a professional and personal level. For those to whom this is a “new” idea, it’s amazing to see that “ah-ha” moment as they consider past and current patients, family members and, yes, even themselves in light of this concept.
15.9%
and
26.2%
The percentages of clients who drop out of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) during pretreatment and treatment, respectively, according to an article recently published online in the Journal of Clinical & Consulting Psychology -- Meta-Analysis of Dropout From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Magnitude, Timing, and Moderators.
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. Summer may be getting ready to wrap up, but we’ve still got lots on our schedule before the end of the season.