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Impact of Deployment on the Health of Service Members and Their Families – Why Clinicians Should Ask

Continuing Education = Continuing Education Credits

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Presenter:

Marc A. Safran, MD, MPA
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Chair, Mental Health Work Group - CDC


David S. Riggs, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Deployment Psychology
Research Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Vikas Kapil, DO, MPH, FACOEM
Associate Director of Science, Division of Injury Response - CDC

 

Ruth Perou, Ph.D.
Child Development Studies Team Leader - CDC

 

Overview:

This COCA Conference Call will address the impact of deployment on the health of those who deploy and on their families. This call will emphasize the clinical importance of knowing a patient’s upcoming or prior deployment history, focusing on examples of important behavioral health issues. Subject Matter Experts will discuss how impending and past deployment may impact a patient’s health, how deployment may impact a patient’s family’s health, and potential strategies clinicians may use to identify deployment-related health issues.


Call Materials           

Additional Non-CDC Resources:

U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System Mental Health homepage

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Veterans homepage

Defense Centers of Excellence For Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE)

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Uniformed Services (Deployment)

National Military Family Association

American Psychological Association (APA) Military and Veterans Issues

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Military Families Resource Center

Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK, Veterans Press 1

The Psychological Needs of U.S. Military Service Members and Their Families: A Preliminary Report

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