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Topics in Deployment Psychology is a 2-week course that covers topics in each of four areas identified by military mental health professionals as particularly key to the care of service members and their families.

1. Deployment 101: examines the deployment cycle with ttention to the unique culture, expectations and experience of military deployment including the eintegration with family and community upon return.
2. Trauma and Resilience: addresses issues of psychological trauma and resilience particular to the experience of combat deployment. This section also includes information pertaining to the assessment and treatment of PTSD and other problematic responses to trauma.
3. Behavioral Health Care of the Seriously Medically Injured: participants are introduced to issues that arise when providing behavioral health care to individuals suffering from serious medical injuries and traumatic brain injury.
4. Deployment and Families: explores the unique impact of military deployment on family members including children.