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The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) brings together nine directorates and six component centers. Their joint goal is to maximize opportunities for warriors and families to thrive through a collaborative global network to promote resilience, recovery and reintegration for psychological health concerns and traumatic brain injury.

DCoE Component Centers

Center for Deployment Psychology

The CDP trains military and civilian behavioral health professionals to provide the high quality care necessary to address the deployment-related needs of military personnel and their families.

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress

CSTS conducts research, education, consultation and training on preparing for and responding to the psychological effects and health consequences of traumatic events, including the development of military health fact sheets to improve the well-being of deployed service members and their families.

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

DVBIC serves active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.

Deployment Health Clinical Center

DHCC’s mission is to improve post-deployment health care for military personnel and their families by providing expert, caring assistance and medical advocacy, while simultaneously serving as a catalyst and resource center for the continuous improvement of deployment-related health care across the military health care system.

National Center for Telehealth and Technology

T2 researches, develops, evaluates and deploys new and existing technologies for psychological health and traumatic brain injury across the Department of Defense (DoD).  T2 is the principal DoD coordinator in the areas of innovative technology applications, suicide surveillance and prevention, online behavioral health tools and telepsychological health.

National Intrepid Center of Excellence [PDF]

NICoE will conduct research, test new protocols and provide comprehensive training, education and ongoing telehealth follow-up care. It will be dedicated to advanced research, diagnosis and treatment planning for military personnel and their caregivers dealing with PH and TBI issues. Completion is anticipated in early 2010.

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