FOR64320 - Interventions to Support Returning Military Personnel

(3 units)

This course focuses on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric conditions including combat-related PTSD, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, and depression. Research establishing empirical links between combat exposure and elevated risks for specific psychiatric conditions will be explored. Contemporary interventions, including telehealth and veteran’s courts will be examined. The effects of military service on interpersonal relationships, particularly relationships with spouses and children, will also be examined. An overview of the impact of the deployment cycle on attachment based upon a myriad of variables - length of marriage, number of children, age of children, prior exposure to military culture - will be explored. Evidence-informed intervention models to enhance military and veteran family functioning will reviewed.