Deployment Psychology Blog

Staff Perspective: USU’s Medical Psychology Doctoral Program - Training for Military-relevant, Non-clinical Careers in Psychology

Dr. Jenny Phillips

The Uniformed Services University’s Medical Psychology graduate program offers a unique opportunity for civilian students to pursue a doctoral degree in a military-relevant, non-clinical area of Psychology.

Staff Perspective: Military Families Share Their Experiences During COVID-19

Dr. Jenny Phillips

Following up on Christy Collette’s piece on "Military Family Resilience during COVID-19," this week’s blog will share additional information about the unique impacts of the pandemic on military families. Using information gathered directly from five different military families during the first wave of COVID-19, this blog will highlight some of the important issues behavioral health providers should consider when working with military families.

Research Update: 17 December 2020

The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include: 

● The impact of family stressors and resources on military spouse’s perception of post-deployment reunion stress.
● An advanced perspective on moral challenges and their health-related outcomes through an integration of the moral distress and moral injury theories.
● Coping and Mental Health Differences among Active Duty Service Members and Their Spouses with High and Low Levels of Marital Warmth.

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