Blog posts with the tag "Depression"

Staff Perspective: The Importance of Behavioral Activation

By Kaleigh DeSimone  on 30.01.2019 11:21 am

Winter has many associations that stir a range of emotional responses. Some may look forward to the holiday season, colder weather, and burrowing indoors with the comforts they have come to seek over the years. Others may find themselves longing for sunshine, wishing they could fast-forward to warmer months. In Hawaii, winter usually consists of cooler temperatures, rain, a shifting swell (from the south shore to the north shore), and relatively shorter days. The changes that accompany the seasons, whether drastic or nuanced, can serve as reminders that we, too, are changing.

Staff Perspective: Revisiting the Power of Stigma

By Paula Domenici  on 11.07.2018 9:15 am

In the wake of Kate Spade’s and Anthony Bourdain’s suicides last month and the news surrounding their deaths, I can’t help but wonder if stigma about getting mental health care may have deterred these talented individuals from seeking the help they deserved. These tragic events also led me to rethink stigma and its impact on Service members and Veterans.

Staff Perspective: New EBP Video Section

By Christopher Adams  on 13.04.2017 2:55 pm

We here at the Center for Deployment Psychology are excited to unveil the new Evidence-Based Psychotherapies video section on our website. As part of our multi-day EBP training events, we use many videos to demonstrate a variety of techniques. One of the most common request we receive is participants wanting the opportunity to watch these videos again afterwards to help reinforce the concepts. Now those interested can watch (and re-watch) all these video demonstrations whenever they want. 

Staff Perspective: Musing About Grief

By Elizabeth Parins  on 27.01.2016 1:50 pm
Elizabeth Parins, Psy.D.

As we move through life, we accumulate experiences with death and grief, sometimes other’s grief and sometimes our own.  In 2014, my twin boys died the day they were born.  Their death propelled me into my own very personal experience of grief, but also heightened my awareness of other’s experiences with grief.   As I began searching for topics for this blog entry I kept coming back to grief.

Staff Perspective: Article Review - Combined PTSD and Depressive Symptoms Interact with Post Deployment Social Support to Predict Suicidal Ideation in OEF and OIF Veterans

By Regina Shillinglaw  on 26.08.2015 1:11 pm

In recent years, with the rising rate of suicide among Service members (SM) and Veterans, much attention has been given to factors that contribute to suicide in this population.  The authors note that many returning SM experience psychological problems that are known to be associated with higher suicide risk.

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