Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Nightmares and Disturbing Dreams

By Maegan Willing  on 22.06.2022 2:15 pm

Today you’re meeting a new patient. They present with a history of combat trauma and report significant sleep disturbances including problems falling asleep because they fear they will have another nightmare.
This may feel familiar to you, and there is a good reason for that. Nightmares are incredibly common after a traumatic event, with some estimates suggesting posttraumatic nightmares occur in 90% of patients with PTSD. 

Research Update: 16 June 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.06.2022 1:00 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Military service branch differences in alcohol use, tobacco use, prescription drug misuse, and mental health conditions.Mapping principal dimensions of prejudice in the United States.
● Problem anger in veterans and military personnel: Prevalence, predictors, and associated harms of suicide and violence.

Staff Perspective: What is Trauma? Careful Assessment Facilitates Effective Treatment

By Kevin Holloway  on 15.06.2022 10:24 am
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Trauma. The word means different things to different people and in different circumstances. Sometimes the word refers to intense distress. Sometimes it means actual physical tissue damage. Sometimes it means an emotional upset. And all of these definitions are legitimate and understood in specific contexts

Research Update: 9 June 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 09.06.2022 12:08 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● The sleep physiology of nightmares in veterans with psychological trauma: Evaluation of a dominant model using participant-applied electroencephalography in the home environment.
● Help for insomnia from the app store? A standardized rating of mobile health applications claiming to target insomnia.
● Complex pain phenotypes: Suicidal ideation and attempt through latent multimorbidity.

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