Blog posts with the tag "Research At CDP"

Staff Perspective: Introducing the Second Life Island for Preventing Suicide

By Maegan Paxton Willing  on 21.08.2024 11:35 am

Over the last few years, the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) has been hard at work developing a first of its kind training for the core components of cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP). The resulting Second Life Island for Preventing Suicide, or SLIPS, is an asynchronous, avatar-based learning environment focused on reinforcing the concepts learned during traditional two-day CBT-SP workshops.

Research at CDP: Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Within PTSD Clusters and Moral Injury Subtypes

By Maegan Paxton Willing  on 20.03.2024 10:42 am

Recently, the CDP collaborated with colleagues within the VA Healthcare System, University of Rochester, and Louisiana State University to examine the role of difficulties with emotion regulation on military connected individuals with PTSD

Staff Perspective: The Rate of Mental Health Diagnoses Among Deployed Soldiers

By Maegan Willing  on 31.07.2023 4:21 pm

We often hear about the high rates of mental health disorders among service members; however, these rates typically reflect only those diagnoses received or the disorders treated while in-garrison. The mental health burden experienced while in-theater has been frequently underreported. This represents an important gap in our understanding of the behavioral health care needs of service members while deployed as well as the training needs of deploying providers.