Deployment Psychology Blog

Research Update: 19 October 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 19.10.2023 1:12 pm
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Heterogeneity in Unmet Treatment Need and Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services Among U.S. Military Service Members with Serious Psychological Distress.
● Improving Outcomes for Military Families with Young Children: Effects of a Novel Dyadic Coaching-Based Parenting Intervention in Two Exploratory Case Studies.
● Global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “The NEW VA/DoD CPG for PTSD: Giving Providers a Fighting Chance”

By Kevin Holloway  on 18.10.2023 10:43 am
Dr. Kevin Holloway

As many of our listeners know, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) was released in June of 2023. The CPG, designed to assist clinical decision making, provides recommendations that, in essence, give a clinician a fighting chance of identifying treatments that the research suggests should help their clients. But for many busy providers, it is a lot to unpack and digest! 

Research Update: 12 October 2023

By Shirl Kennedy  on 12.10.2023 1:48 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 national examination of suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts among United States adults: Differences by military veteran status, 2008–2019.
● Use of food distribution resources among military families with young children since the COVID-19 pandemic.
● Changes in mental health among U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.

Staff Perspective: Combatting Suicide After Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

By Jennifer Nevers  on 11.10.2023 9:33 am
Jennifer Nevers, LCSW

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month may have officially ended but the efforts being taken by the DoD continue to take shape. In March of 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the establishment of the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC). The final report from the committee was released in February of this year and outlined specific recommendations on how the DoD can improve suicide prevention efforts in areas such as treatment access, training and education, public awareness campaigns, behavioral health staffing, research, and DoD policy and regulatory issues as a whole (Iwamasa et al., 2023).

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