Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Voices: Program Evaluation: Why is it relevant?

By Christopher Adams  on 06.03.2013 6:42 am

ACCOUNTABILITY! ACCOUNTABILITY! That is the mantra of our current era of fiscal challenges. It is noteworthy then to ask how will viable programs continue to thrive with diminished resources?  An effective strategic tool to guide this decision process is program evaluation.  The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO, Designing Evaluations, 2012) defines program evaluation as “A systematic study using research methods to collect and analyze data to assess how well a program is working and why.” 

CDP News: March 1, 2013

By Christopher Adams  on 01.03.2013 6:42 am

Welcome to March and this week’s edition of CDP News. As always, we’ll be taking a brief look at the happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology. First up, today is the final day to register in advance for our Southwest Regional Civilian Training to be held in Phoenix March 11-15. Our week-long training events are a great opportunity to learn about a wide variety of deployment related issues directly from CDP’s very own subject matter experts.

Research Update: February 28, 2013

By Shirl Kennedy  on 28.02.2013 6:42 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:

• Physiological Employment Standards III: physiological challenges and consequences encountered during international military deployments.
• Risk for Addiction-Related Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Large Cohort of Active-Duty U.S. Airmen.
• Neural Network Modulation by Trauma as a Marker of Resilience: Differences Between Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Resilient Controls.

Staff Voices: CDP in the Media

By Kelly Chrestman  on 27.02.2013 6:42 am

Want to hear some good news? On Feb. 6, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) hosted an educational panel, the first of its kind, focusing on the mental health of deployed, gay and lesbian service members. Our own, Ken Furman, Ph.D. organized the panel as part of the Center for Deployment Psychology’s (CDP) eight-day course called "Topics in Deployment Psychology", a course designed to train military and civilian mental health providers to provide evidence based mental health care to military service members and their families.

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