Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: “If I’m Not Sleeping, Nobody’s Sleeping”: An Interview with Pediatric Behavioral Sleep Expert Dr. Brandy Roane

By Diana Dolan  on 11.11.2015 12:52 pm
Diana Dolan, Ph.D. CBSM

For military families, while there has been much attention paid to how military service can impact the Service member’s sleep, aspects of military service such as deployments, TDYs, PCSs, long hours, and stress on a Service member can also impact his or her children’s sleep.  That is, on top of normal pediatric sleep issues, children in military families can face additional challenges to sleeping well. 

So, I decided to increase my knowledge in this area by going straight to the source and interviewing a subject matter expert on pediatric behavioral sleep medicine, Dr. Brandy Roane, Ph.D., CBSM.

Staff Perspective: In Their Own Words - The Voices of the Military Culture Training

By Jenna Ermold  on 04.11.2015 12:52 pm

In today's blog entry, Dr. Jenna Ermold discusses some of the potential missteps behavioral health provides may make when treating military-connected clients. Many of these examples come directly from Service members, Veterans and their families, who were interviewed while creating the "Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals" online course.  Click below to check it out!

Staff Perspective: Book Review -- “Redeployment”, by Phil Klay. (2014)

By Diana Bartle  on 28.10.2015 11:50 am

There are many books on and about war, but in "Redeployment" Phil Klay has managed to write not just about the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but to depict the depth and complexities of the human experience impacted by war, both in the combat zone and on the homefront.  Engaging, intense, and humorous, this creative collection of short stories is sure to become a classic.

Staff Perspective: Suicide Postvention - Don’t Forget Clinician Survivors

By Lisa French  on 21.10.2015 1:44 pm
Lisa French, Psy.D.

Clinicians are affected when a patient suicides.  We may all be affected differently.  Some of us may grieve the loss, some of us may question our competence, and some of us may fear seeing future suicidal or high-risk patients.  There are also confounding variables that may arise following the suicide event that can complicate or extend the grief process, including legal/ethical issues, administrative requirements, and clinic procedures to name a few. 

Staff Perspective: Examining Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescription Therapy (EERT) for Nightmares

By Timothy Rogers  on 14.10.2015 12:53 pm

ERRT targets physiological, behavioral, cognitive aspects related to the development and maintenance of nightmares through a three-session treatment protocol. Each session is approximately 60 minutes and starts by providing psychoeducation about trauma, nightmares, and sleep hygiene, as well as teaching progressive muscle relaxation. The main emphasis is to provide relevant background information, modify maladaptive sleep habits, and to help patients gain proficiency with relaxation skills, such as progressive muscle relaxation.

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