Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: The History of PTSD Awareness Month

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 08.06.2022 12:11 pm
Dr. Carin Lefkowitz

We observe PTSD Awareness Month every year at CDP by writing new blogs about PTSD, offering several workshops on PTSD assessment and treatment during the month of June, and focusing our monthly CDP Presents webinar on the topic. Yet few of us (including myself) know the history of PTSD Awareness Month and how we came to observe it every year.

Staff Perspective: Mindfulness Skills in Action - Personally, and Professionally

By Erin Frick  on 01.06.2022 5:01 pm

Mindfulness has been around for at least thousands of years, often originating out of religious practices. Many consider Jon Kabat-Zinn, as the main person to bring mindfulness out from its roots and into a secular, health-focused perspective. Trained as a molecular biologist and a long-time practicing Buddhist, he believed that mindfulness could serve an important role in medicine.

Staff Perspective: Available CDP Resources to Enhance Clinical Skills

By Timothy Rogers  on 25.05.2022 10:35 am
Dr. Tim Rogers

What helps you to become a better clinician? There may not be a single answer to this question. In fact, most of us probably benefit from a variety of different experiences depending upon our learning style and what we are specifically seeking to improve. Literature on competency development also highlights that such improvement can focus on knowledge, attitude, skills, or any combination of these.

Staff Perspective: Parents of Service Members - Finding Ways to Connect with Others Who Walk in Similar Shoes

By Paula Domenici  on 11.05.2022 9:14 am

Although many service members have parents who are a key part of their support system, i.e., mothers and fathers who are very supportive of and strongly impacted by their son’s or daughter’s military service and life, resources and tools focused on their unique needs and concerns are challenging to find. Why are parents of service members often left out of the picture? One reason is that in most circumstances, these military-connected individuals do not qualify as military dependents as defined by the Department of Defense.

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