Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 27 February 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 27.02.2025 11:54 am

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers’ Motivations for Joining the Military and Their Effects on Post-Deployment Mental Health.
● Association of Risk-Related Behaviors and Mental Health Symptomatology on Problematic Alcohol Use Among U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers.
● Growing Health Concern Regarding Gambling Addiction in the Age of Sportsbooks

Staff Perspective: Couples Counseling as Preventative Care - A Transitive Model

By Adria Williams  on 26.02.2025 10:20 am
Dr. Adria Williams

Quick question for my military couples: “How did you make it through the pandemic?” Answers range from “It brought us closer” to “We didn’t.” For me and my husband, the answer was couples counseling. As a therapist, I wish I could say that I share this response with pride. I do say it openly—to model healthy behavior for clients, friends, family, and the public—but inside, I’ve felt a twinge of discomfort. Call it fear (of judgment), doubt (about whether it’ll work for us), or embarrassment (about exposing marital imperfections).

By the Numbers: 24 February 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 24.02.2025 11:05 am
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The factor by which autistic persons are more likely to die by suicide than non-autistic persons, according to a recent article in the journal Psychiatry Research -- The global burden of suicide mortality among people on the autism spectrum: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and extension of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

Research Update: 20 February 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 20.02.2025 11:36 am

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Making Progress in Clinical Trials for Suicide Prevention: A Review.
● Pre-Service Predictors of New-Onset Alcohol Misuse in Male United States Marines.
● Cannabis Policies, Cannabis, and Opioids in Suicide and Undetermined Intent Death.

Research at CDP: Introducing the Sleep Ed-MC Study

By  on 19.02.2025 2:11 pm

The Sleep Ed-MC project is a collaboration between experts from CDP, San Diego State University (SDSU), the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (USU), and the VA’s National Center for PTSD. Co-led by Drs. Emily Schmied (SDSU) and Maegan Willing (CDP), this study, titled "Reducing Suicidality through Improved Sleep Health" or "Sleep Ed-MC," addresses the critical issue of suicide prevention in the military.

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