Mission and Goals

Mission

To train military and civilian psychologists and other mental health professionals to provide high quality deployment-related behavioral health services to military personnel and their families.

Goals

• Develop and conduct courses for military and civilian behavioral health professionals, residents, interns and other professionals in training on the treatment of military personnel (active duty, demobilized Reserve, National Guard, and retirees) and their family members throughout the deployment cycle.
• Promote a multi-disciplinary approach to the behavioral health care and treatment of military personnel and their families.
• Train mental health providers to address the unique needs of underserved military populations including demobilized Reserve, National Guard, retirees and their family members.
• Increase the awareness of the deployment-related behavioral health needs of service members and their families.
• Conduct research on the deployment-related needs of the service member and their families, in addition to the interventions aimed at addressing these needs.
• Make recommendations and proposals that support deployment-related policy and program development, operations, and management based on psychological research.