Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: An Update On Sleep Medicine

By David Reynolds  on 31.08.2016 12:49 pm

Recently I attended “Sleep 2016” the 30th anniversary meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (co-hosted by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society). With a combined membership of over 3,000, this is one of the largest conferences specifically focused on sleep disorders research and treatment. While a full review of the abstracts presented (over 1,000 in total) is obviously outside the scope of this blog post, I’d like to review some findings that may be of help to those we train and those we treat.

Staff Perspective: Behavioral Activation - There’s an App for That!

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 17.08.2016 11:24 am
Marjorie Weinstock, Ph.D.

I recently learned about the Mood Coach app from a participant at one of my recent trainings on CBT for Depression (CBT-D).  We’ve tried to include information about pertinent apps in our workshops, as we know that many of the Service members we treat find this type of technology appealing (oftentimes more so than using traditional pencil-and-paper worksheets).

Staff Perspective: 10 Years of the Center for Deployment Psychology

By David Riggs  on 10.08.2016 10:19 am

This year, 2016, we celebrate a notable anniversary for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP). Ten years ago, CDP was established at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and embarked on the crucial undertaking of training and educating behavioral health professionals to help them better care for our nation’s Service members, Veterans, and their families.

Staff Perspective: Pondering the question of prescribed cannabis use and the potential effect on Trauma and Stressor-Related treatment (Part 1)

By Laura Copland  on 27.07.2016 11:12 am

Frequently, in the past couple of years a question has emerged regarding how to handle a very specific situation in mental health treatment.  That situation is what to do when a patient appropriate for PTSD treatment is also taking medicinal grade prescription cannabis for other issues such as chronic pain, anxiety or insomnia.  What makes this question unique from the issue of any substance use/abuse during mental health treatment is the unknown quality of this substance.  For instance, if a patient states they drink 2-3 glasses of wine approximately 3 nights a week, we have a good idea of how this substance use may affect their ability to process cognitions and emotions.  However, with cannabis there are many questions.

Staff Perspective: Book Review of Psychotherapy Case Formulation

By Regina Shillinglaw  on 20.07.2016 10:37 am
Regina Shillinglaw, Ph.D.

As part of my job with the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) as a Deployment Behavioral Health Psychologist, I have the privilege of training psychology students in their last year of training—the predoctoral internship.  Our faculty have a lot to teach them in that one year: military officership AND military psychology.  In addition, we want to make sure that each intern’s skills as a generalist are well-grounded with strong abilities in assessment, consultation, and treatment.  Since we carefully select our interns from among the most competitive applicants, we usually have the luxury of “fine-tuning” during the internship year.  In other words, as faculty, we get to work with advanced psychology students and hone some special skills. 

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