Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Healers of Soul Injury - A Clinician’s Call to Serving Military Families

By corie weathers  on 21.03.2017 10:47 am

My professor set me up for success in the clinical world when I was tasked to read Unspeakable Truths and Happy Endings: Human Cruelty and the New Trauma Therapy by Rebecca Coffey.The purpose was to prepare us as students to sit in the pocket of the client’s story, no matter how tragic or graphic. It was a challenging task as the book was filled with gruesome stories, including one of a Veteran, introducing me to the impact of combat trauma. It was a wake-up call to the high honor and power of listening to someone’s story, especially those of military families.

By the Numbers - Mar. 20, 2017

By Shirl Kennedy  on 20.03.2017 12:56 pm

4,073,124

The number of "unique individuals (who) served at least 1 day in the active component" from from October 1, 2001 through October 1, 2016, according to an article in the January 2017 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Selected demographic and service characteristics of the U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, 2001, 2009, and 2016. 

CDP News: Mar. 17, 2017

By Christopher Adams  on 17.03.2017 11:50 am

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. March has been quite a busy month so far and we’ve got several more event coming up soon.

Research Update: Mar. 16, 2017

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.03.2017 12:37 pm

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:

● Behavior Therapy Special Issue: Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Innovations and Understanding Processes of Change
● Sleep-Disordered Breathing Impact on Efficacy of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Staff Perspective: Preparing Patients for PTSD Treatment - EBP Education and Treatment Planning

By Jeffrey Mann  on 15.03.2017 10:12 am
Jeff Mann, Psy.D.

Over the last several years there has been an increased emphasis on providing evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) in military and Veteran healthcare environments to treat PTSD. The Institute of Medicine (2007) produced a report indicating that the DoD and VA lacked evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of the treatments they are providing. The report was not suggesting the treatments themselves were not effective, but simply that both the VA and DoD did not have a system in place for measuring the effectiveness of the treatment in those environments. Further inquiry in a variety of studies indicated that only a small portion of individuals diagnosed with PTSD even received EBPs.

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