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PTSD Awareness Month
June marks the month of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness; a condition which approximately 300,000 service members currently suffer from (RAND, 2008). PTSD is considered a silent,...
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Factual Friday
This post was uploaded by Rachel Brauner of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service-Wounded Warrior Program and is part of a series of Military Family Caregiving posts published on the Military...
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Factual Friday
This post was uploaded by Rachel Brauner of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service-Wounded Warrior Program and is part of a series of Military Family Caregiving posts published on the Military...
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Resource Discovery: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
By Kacy Mixon, M.S., LMFT Our previous post discusses the signs and symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a pervasive problem affecting many who have and continue to serve in the military....
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Factual Friday
Source: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Problems in the Military: Oversight Issues for Congress This post is part of a series of Factual Friday posts published on the Military...
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“Be An Expert Problem Solver! Caregiving and Coping with TBI”
Join us at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 7 for a 60-minute webinar on Caregiving and Coping with TBI, presented by Timothy Elliott, Ph.D. TBI is known as the signature wound of war during...
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Factual Friday
Source: “Currently, there are more than 22 million Veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces that have reintegrated back into our society. “ -U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Photo...
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Mindfulness-based Interventions to Combat Stress
By Kacy Mixon, PhD, LMFT Interventions focused on mindfulness have become increasingly popular in the past two decades, and more recently there has been increasing psychotherapy research on this topic....
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Factual Friday: February 7, 2014
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2009 This post is part of a series of Factual Friday posts published on the Military Families Learning Network blog.
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Preparing Caregivers to Communicate Effectively Using Three Types of...
By Carlee Latham, MFLN–Military Caregiving Remember to mark your calendars for this Thursday, April 10 at 11:00 am EDT, as the Military Caregiving concentration hosts a professional development webinar...
View ArticleResource Discovery: Video on Experiencing PTSD
By Kacy Mixon, PhD, LMFT Post-deployment mental health issues can sneak up on many military personnel and can have lingering effects on their families. We’ve discussed how post-traumatic stress...
View ArticleResource Discovery: Video on Coping with Loss and Helplessness
By Kacy Mixon, PhD, LMFT Seeing and hearing about loss can adversely affect those in helping professions. Recognizing the affects and seeking treatment can be difficult, but as Lt. Col. Mary Carlisle,...
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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Effects of Visible & Invisible Parent Combat Injuries on...
Join us next week as we host our FREE military caregiving professional development webinar. *No registration is required. Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2014 Time: 11:00 am. Eastern Location:...
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RAND Corporation Webinar: Hidden Heroes – America’s Military Caregivers
Join us this month as we host our FREE military caregiving professional development webinar, featuring presenters from the RAND Corporation. *No registration is required. Date: June 19, 2014 Time:...
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Resource Discovery: Trauma-informed Care
By Rachel Dorman, MS Today’s Resource Discovery is a guide for services providers utilizing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) for service providers in their work with female veterans. According to the United...
View ArticleResource Discovery: NCTIC’s Manual on Trauma-Informed Care
By Jay Morse & Kacy Mixon, PhD, LMFT As we’ve highlighted in previous posts, trauma can have adverse effects on the developing brain and can permeate many aspects of personal, work and school life....
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Intimate Partner Violence and Co-Occurring Conditions
Jay Morse and Heidi Radunovich, PhD Last July and August, we published several blogs about domestic violence. During that month we highlighted definitions of domestic violence, pervasiveness, warning...
View ArticleWorking with Members of the Military: Secondary Traumatic Stress
By Rachel Dorman, MS & Heidi Radunovich, PhD Due to the growing rate of military members suffering from PTSD and seeking mental health treatment, mental health providers may be exposed to indirect...
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Caregiver Compassion Fatigue
Is your service member experiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or has he/she been exposed to traumatic events while serving? Has these traumatic events indirectly affected your...
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Resource Discovery: Understanding the Military Experience
Jay Morse & Heidi Radunovich, PhD PBS (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) has some excellent resources for mental health professionals who want to better understand the military experience and...
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