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About PDHealth.mil. PDHealth provides a gateway to information on deployment health and healthcare for healthcare providers, service members, veterans, and their families. It was designed to assist clinicians in the delivery of post-deployment healthcare by fostering a trusting partnership between service members, veterans, their families, and their healthcare providers in order to ensure the highest quality care for those who make sacrifices in the world's most hazardous workplace.

☆ Deployment Health Highlights

RAND Corporation Report, Military Caregivers: Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans, 7 Mar 13

Institute of Medicine Report, Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families, 26 Mar 13

Updated on 29 APRIL 2013

☆ Quick Links

A–Z Specific Conditions and Concerns Alphabetical index of deployment health conditions and concerns on this Web site. Click the title to go to information on the desired topic.

Conferences and Courses Upcoming conferences and courses related to military healthcare and deployment health concerns.

DoD/VA Helplines Phone numbers and Web links to important DoD and VA Helplines for Service members and their families and healthcare providers.

DoD Deployment Mental Health Assessment Training Training and posttest to certify non-mental health providers to perform deployment mental health assessments.

Forms and Measures Deployment-related health forms and measures.

Policies and Directives DoD, Service-specific, and VA deployment health policies, regulations, and directives.

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines Information and links to all VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines.

☆ Featured DHCC Programs

Health Services Research A wide range of projects designed to scientifically evaluate health services for post-deployment health concerns.

RESPECT-Mil (Re-Engineering Systems of Primary Care Treatment of Depression and PTSD in the Military) A treatment model designed to screen, assess and treat active duty service members with depression and/or PTSD in a primary care setting which is undergoing tri-service implementation.

DHCC Outreach and Assistance

Clinician Provider Helpline Provides clinical consultation and guidance for post-deployment health issues and information on Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline implementation.
DoD Helpline for Service Members, Veterans and Families Provides information and advice on deployment health concerns.
Web/Email Questions Provides answers to inquiries about deployment health concerns.

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