Blog posts with the tag "Service Members"

Staff Perspective: A Look Back at Joining Forces Wellness Week 2016

By Christopher Adams  on 23.11.2016 11:37 am

During the week of Veterans Day, 7-11 November, the Center for Deployment Psychology was proud to support the fifth annual Joining Forces Wellness Week (JFWW). Over these five days, CDP provided technical assistance, logistical support and personnel to a series of hour-long webinars. These webinars featured presentations from numerous organizations focusing on the unique needs and overall well-being of Service members, Veterans and their family members.

Staff Perspective: Military Couples - Challenges and Survival Strategies

By Caitlin Cook  on 19.10.2016 11:36 am

Most military couples would agree that military life offers a fair number of challenges.  I reached out to some “real life” experts – military couples who have been around the block a time or two – to learn from their wealth of experience.  Their marriages have collectively seen hundreds of deployments, PCSs, TDYs, and other major military family events – they have experienced ups, downs, and in-betweens – and they have some amazing stories to tell.  I asked them to share the greatest challenges they have faced as military couples and the survival strategies that have kept them going.         

Guest Perspective: Solving Problems Can Enhance Resilience and Improve Adjustment

By Arthur Nezu,  on 05.04.2016 1:37 pm

While conducting workshops for decades around the world for many different types of individuals, both professionals and laypeople, the answer to the question I frequently pose to attendees—“Who here had a week recently devoid of problems?” leads consistently to an absence of raised hands. We all have problems—some small, and unfortunately at times, some being quite overwhelming. Based on this common sense consensus, we would all further agree that it is not abnormal or unusual to have problems. 

Guest Perspective: Sleep Problems in Veterans and Service Members

By Phillip Gehrman  on 29.03.2016 12:34 pm

When I was finishing up my clinical training on internship, I was co-leading a therapy group for WWII Veterans who had all been POWs while in theater. Here it was over 50 years since their military service and they all had the same complaint; they had not been able to get a good night of sleep since that time.  This is unfortunately a common problem for Veterans and active duty Service members.  There have now been several studies reporting high rates of sleep problems, in particular insomnia and nightmares.  

By the Numbers - Mar. 7, 2016

By Shirl Kennedy  on 07.03.2016 12:21 pm

One-third

The fraction of military members moved by the Department of Defense every year, according to a recent RAND Corporation report -- Tour Lengths, Permanent Changes of Station, and Alternatives for Savings and Improved Stability. The report looked at how much money could be saved if DoD reduced the number of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves by extending tours of duty.  Because a variety of alternatives were considered, the estimated annual savings range was broad -- $19 million to $84 million.

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