Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 5 July 2019

By Shirl Kennedy  on 05.07.2019 12:30 pm

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

By Christopher Adams  on 05.07.2019 11:52 am

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

By Paula Domenici  on 03.07.2019 10:30 am

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

By Shirl Kennedy  on 01.07.2019 11:57 am

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%.

CDP News: 28 June 2019

By Christopher Adams  on 28.06.2019 11:58 am

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're wrapping up June and with it our month-long spotlight on PTSD Awareness.

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