UT Health San Antonio
Mar 26, 2021
Incidences of insomnia and sleep apnea have increased sharply across all branches of the U.S. military in recent years, our investigators found in a study published recently in a top-tier journal.
KXXV, Waco, Texas
Mar 22, 2021
This news story highlights the work of Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD, who has joined the faculty at Texas A&M University – Central Texas, Department of Social Work, since his recent retirement as a U.S. Army colonel. Among other initiatives, Dr. Yarvis and colleagues have published a new book that shares the stories of military social workers serving in combat settings. Dr. Yarvis served for several years as the on-site principal investigator for several STRONG STAR and Consortium to Alleviate PTSD studies conducted at Fort Hood and continues to collaborate as a co-investigator with the consortia. The segment featuring Dr. Yarvis and STRONG STAR Director Alan Peterson, PhD, begins at 6:30:23 in this video link below.
UT Health San Antonio
Sep 08, 2020
Registration is open for the fifth annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference, slated for Oct. 22-23, 2020. The conference will feature leaders in the field reporting advances in the assessment and treatment of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder and co-occurring conditions. Pre-conference continuing education and clinical training opportunities are also available.
Sanity podcast
Aug 28, 2020
STRONG STAR’s Katherine Dondanville, PsyD, discusses Cognitive Processing Therapy and posttraumatic stress disorder as a guest on the mental health-focused Sanity podcast.
UT Health San Antonio
Aug 24, 2020
Couples that include a partner with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may someday have access to a faster, more efficient therapy that treats the disorder and simultaneously improves their relationships.
Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Aug 19, 2020
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Psychology Today
Mar 02, 2020
STRONG STAR principal investigator Patricia Resick, PhD, ABPP, is featured in this Psychology Today piece about the leading therapy for PTSD that she developed, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and her work with STRONG STAR.
KENS 5, San Antonio
Feb 24, 2020
STRONG STAR collaborating investigator Dr. Vincent Mysliwiec is interviewed in this story by KENS 5 on new guidelines for treating sleep disorders that he helped develop for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
San Antonio Express-News
Feb 24, 2020
San Antonio Express-News reporter Sig Christenson interviewed STRONG STAR collaborating researcher Dr. Vincent Mysliwiec for this story about new guidelines for treating sleep disorders, which he helped develop for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. (Subscription may be required to read the full article.)
Reuters Health
Feb 18, 2020
Guidelines for treating chronic insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea developed for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are detailed in this story by the Reuters Health news service. The article features an interview with STRONG STAR collaborating investigator Dr. Vincent Mysliwiec, who helped develop the guidelines and was lead author of a synopsis of them published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Site registration may be required to read the full article.)