Deployment Psychology Blog

Guest Perspective: Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) in a VA Hospital Setting - Findings and Observations

I have been training providers in Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE) and collecting outcome data for the past seven years.  Since I arrived at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, I have been involved in the training of approximately 45 clinicians in PE and collected outcomes for over 300 cases.  And while what follows is certainly not an exhaustive list of factors to consider in providing PE to a Veteran population, it does represent a convergence of my clinical observations and our empirical findings.  With that stated, my findings and observations in providing PE to veterans are:  1) therapist experience matters; 2) service-connection is an important issue; and 3) not enough attention is paid to safety behaviors.

CDP News: Apr. 22, 2016

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. This week we were busily preparing for the CDP-wide all-staff meeting next week, but we still had several events going on.

Research Update: Apr. 21, 2016

There will be no Research Update next week on April 28, and we'll see you again on May 5.

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:

● Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD Monthly Update - April 2016
● Mindlines - Edition 27/Winter 2016 (NCCOSC)

Staff Perspective: Challenge Breeds Resilience: Recognizing the Benefits of Growing Up as a Military Child

In last week’s blog, Caitlin Cook and Kimberly Copeland provided a thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to the military child. The authors chose to examine military children from a cultural (strengths-based) perspective rather than a clinical or pathological view. In keeping with this strengths-based theme, and in continuing our recognition of April as the “Month of the Military Child”, this week’s entry highlights some of the often-overlooked benefits of growing up as a military child.

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