Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 1 April 2021

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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: 
● The Relationship Between Suicidal Behaviors and Zero Suicide Organizational Best Practices in Outpatient Mental Health Clinics.
● The association between type of trauma, level of exposure and addiction.
● Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment and Management in the Austere Setting—A Review.

Staff Perspective: A Discussion with Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock on Moral Distress and Helping COVID-19 Healthcare Workers

Dr. Deb Nofziger

Dr. Rita Brock recently shared her thoughts on moral distress and injury and COVID-19 frontline workers with me. Dr. Brock has spent much of her career as an academic in philosophy and religion, obtaining her doctorate in this field in 1988. Her interests turned toward moral injury after a 2009 article by Dr. Brett Litz “grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go.”

By the Numbers: 29 March 2021

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The number of times, on average, that a military child dependent transfers schools prior to high school graduation, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) -- K-12 Education: U.S. Military Families Generally Have the Same Schooling Options as Other Families and Consider Multiple Factors When Selecting Schools.

Research Update: 25 March 2021

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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: 
● Development and implementation of an objective structured clinical examination for evaluating clinical psychology graduate students.
● The Deadly Gap: Understanding Suicide among Veterans Transitioning Out of the Military.
● VICTORS: A Conceptual Framework for Implementing and Measuring Military Spiritual Fitness.

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