Registration Request: Topics in Deployment Psychology
This course covers four broad topic areas identified as particularly key to the care of service members and their families:
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Deployment 101: addresses the unique demands that service members and behavioral health providers may experience while deployed in settings like Iraq and Afghanistan. Military behavioral health professionals who have recently deployed give firsthand accounts of their experiences in forward operating areas.
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Trauma and Resilience: addresses issues of psychological trauma and resilience particular to the experience of combat deployment. Participants learn evidence-based approaches to assess and treat combat operational stress, PTSD, suicidal behavior, and sleep problems, and they discuss military efforts to build troop resilience.
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Behavioral Health Care of the Seriously Medically Injured: introduces participants to issues that arise when providing behavioral health care to individuals suffering from serious medical injuries, with a focus on the identification and treatment of blast-related traumatic brain injuries.
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Deployment and Families: examines topics related to the impact of deployment, reintegration, and combat stress injuries on the service member and the family, with an emphasis on family function and resilience.
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