Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. February seems to be flying by, as we’re almost half-way through already.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● For better or worse: An individual patient data meta-analysis of deterioration among participants receiving Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy.
● Randomized trial of motivational interviewing plus feedback for soldiers with untreated alcohol abuse.
I am Dr. Jenna Ermold from the Center for Deployment Psychology and I’m here today with Dr. Christopher Keonig, who is a health communications scientist with San Francisco State University and a health services researcher at the San Francisco VA healthcare system. Dr. Keonig is one of the panelists on our Military Culture in Primary Care Roundtable. I wanted to have an additional conversation with him today about some of the research that he does.
Like many, my understanding of culture grew through my experiences over time. I grew up as a Hispanic woman in a predominantly Hispanic part of Texas. When I went away to a school in the North, I quickly learned I was different than many there. Nearly every interaction was a cross-cultural one. It made me stronger, took me out of my comfort zone, and taught me that adaptation was necessary, not just for survival, but to be successful. It also gave me a whole new respect for a wider and more diverse world.
30.9%
The percentage of federal employees, overall, who are Veterans, according to the latest iteration of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management report -- Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch: Fiscal Year 2015.