Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: The History of PTSD Awareness Month

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 08.06.2022 12:11 pm
Dr. Carin Lefkowitz

We observe PTSD Awareness Month every year at CDP by writing new blogs about PTSD, offering several workshops on PTSD assessment and treatment during the month of June, and focusing our monthly CDP Presents webinar on the topic. Yet few of us (including myself) know the history of PTSD Awareness Month and how we came to observe it every year.

Research Update: 2 June 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 02.06.2022 12:21 pm
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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: 
● Real-Time Telehealth Versus Face-to-Face Management for Patients With PTSD in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
● Associations between therapist factors and treatment efficacy in randomized controlled trials of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
● Psychological comorbidity: Predictors of residential treatment response among U.S. service members with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Staff Perspective: Mindfulness Skills in Action - Personally, and Professionally

By Erin Frick  on 01.06.2022 5:01 pm

Mindfulness has been around for at least thousands of years, often originating out of religious practices. Many consider Jon Kabat-Zinn, as the main person to bring mindfulness out from its roots and into a secular, health-focused perspective. Trained as a molecular biologist and a long-time practicing Buddhist, he believed that mindfulness could serve an important role in medicine.

Research Update: 26 May 2022

By Shirl Kennedy  on 26.05.2022 12:28 pm
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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: 
● Adapting the Cultural Formulation Interview for the Military.
● Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Army Aircrew.
● Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia: Treatment schedule and training feasibility in the military.

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