Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 18 January 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 18.01.2024 1:18 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder.
● US Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 2023 Clinical Guideline for PTSD—Devolving Not Evolving. (Viewpoint)
● What Do Successful Military-to-Civilian Transitions Look Like? A Revised Framework and a New Conceptual Model for Assessing Veteran Well-Being.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - MATCHing Treatment to Kids’ and Teens’ Needs

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 17.01.2024 10:07 am

Military children experience unique psychological needs due to the challenges associated with their parent's service. While some challenges are universal (peer pressure, academic performance, family stressors), some challenges are unique to military families.

Research Update: 11 January 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 11.01.2024 12:55 pm

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 
● The impact of the military lifestyle on adult military children relationships.
● Mental health apps and U.S. military veterans: Perceived importance and utilization of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder app portfolio.
● Identifying predictors of the amount of veteran participation in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in the Veterans Affairs health care system.

Staff Perspective: An Unresolved Sleep Mystery - Segmented Sleep

By Diana Dolan  on 10.01.2024 10:27 am
Dr. Diana Dolan

You may have heard that sleep in the modern world is different. That due to our frenetic 24/7 society, we cram sleep into a shortened sleep window and then hurry on into our days. In contrast, or so I am told going around TikTok, historically people slept in “segmented sleep” in which they would retire to bed early, awaken and stay awake for a period of an hour up to several hours, and then return to sleep until rise time. Where is the evidence for this concept? Is this some previously unknown historical discovery brought to light, or just a now-digitalized urban legend? I do not profess to be an expert in this area, so let’s explore together

By the Numbers: 8 January 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 08.01.2024 11:11 am

68%

The percentage of active duty service members who are overweight, according to a recently published white paper by the American Security Project, a "nonpartisan organization created to educate the American public and the world about the changing nature of national security in the 21st Century". Other key findings in the white paper -- Combating Military Obesity: Stigma's Persistent Impact on Operational Readiness:

 

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