Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: Article Review

By Diana Sermanian  on 18.02.2015 10:42 am

I often find myself asking, “What’s the data supporting that finding?” Truth be told, I pose this question not only at work, when looking at research articles, but also in my personal life with friends, family, and others.  Sounds fun, right? It’s not that bad (insert smiley face).  I bring this up because recently I came across an article by Matthias et al (2014), A Qualitative Study of Chronic Pain in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: "A Burden on My Soul," that caught my attention.

Staff Perspective: A Look at the 2013 Department of Defense Suicide Event Report

By Lisa French  on 11.02.2015 10:24 am

I vividly remember when the Department of Defense (DoD) transitioned to using the DoD Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) system.  I was a young Air Force psychologist stationed in Germany at the time and I remember thinking, “Oh no, one more new system to learn”.  However, I now know how valuable the DoDSER program is in helping standardize suicide surveillance across the Services.

Staff Perspective: A Look at the Relationship Between Trauma Exposure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

By Diana Dolan  on 28.01.2015 1:22 pm
Diana Dolan

It is well-known that the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has dramatically increased among active duty Service members over approximately the past decade. While greater awareness and treatment-seeking, particularly as part of a medical rating, may contribute to greater diagnoses, it does not seem likely to me that those factors alone would explain a nearly six-fold increase. Which of course leads to the question: what is contributing to the rise in OSA among Service members?

Staff Perspective: Socratic Dialogue, Part 2 - Professing Ignorance

By Laura Copland  on 14.01.2015 10:32 am
Laura Copland

Socrates believed that there are two phases to enable others in search of an understanding of their own truth.  The Socratic Method is used in almost all behavioral health treatment and at its most simplistic is termed the use of open-ended questions.  However, Socratic Dialogue is so much more than that – an art form that allows patients to begin the process of opening up to what is the actual truth. 

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