Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: Celebrating 70 Years of Supporting Women

By Elizabeth Parins  on 20.07.2021 1:55 pm
Dr. Libby Parins

Much of the progress made for servicewomen across all branches of the armed forces can be attributed to recommendations form the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service or DACOWITS. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the DACOWITS. In preparation of this milestone anniversary, the 2020 DACOWITS report includes a detailed historical review of the committees influence from 1951- present (Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 2020 Annual Report, 2021)

Research Update: 15 July 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 15.07.2021 11:56 am
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● Effects of pre-bedtime blue-light exposure on ratio of deep sleep in healthy young men.
● From everyday life predictions to suicide prevention: Clinical and ethical considerations in suicide predictive analytic tools.
● Social closeness and support are associated with lower risk of suicide among U.S. Army soldiers.

Staff Perspective: Addressing Stigma and Encouraging Mental Health Care in the Military - A Double-Edged Sword?

By Jennifer Phillips  on 14.07.2021 10:13 am
Dr. Jenny Phillips

A common target for stigma-reduction interventions is to increase social support within military units with the goal of fostering support for mental-health treatment for individual service members. Recent findings from a study of Army National Guard personnel suggest that these approaches may have some unexpected and unintended consequences for treatment-seeking in Service members with service-related mental health conditions.

By The Numbers: 12 July 2021

By Shirl Kennedy  on 12.07.2021 12:42 pm

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The percentage of providers is a recent study who reported using Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE) in PTSD treatment, according to a recent article in the journal Behavior Therapy -- Exposure Therapy Beliefs and Utilization for Treatment of PTSD: A Survey of Licensed Mental Health Providers. Roughly 2/3 of those surveyed (68%) reported having received training in PE.

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