National Center for Telehealth & Technology (T2) | a DCoE Center

Innovative Technology. World-Class Care.

Advancing psychological health and traumatic brain injury treatment.

The National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2) researches, develops, evaluates, and deploys new and existing technologies for Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) across the Department of Defense (DoD).

The T2 Center meets this mission by serving as the principal DoD coordinator in such areas as innovative technology applications, suicide surveillance and prevention, online behavioral health tools, and telepsychological health.

T2 is a component center of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE), which leads a collaborative global network to promote the resilience, recovery and reintegration of Warriors and their families who face psychological health and traumatic brain injury issues.

afterdeployment.org

We've published the fall issue of the quarterly afterdeployment.org newsletter. The fall issue contains afterdeployment partnership and marketing updates, "what people are saying," topical articles, and mention of upcoming events. Download the afterdeployment.org Newsletter.

afterdeployment.org (AD) offers modularized content across a spectrum of post-deployment conditions (combat stress and triggers; conflict at work; re-connecting with family and friends; depression; anger; sleep problems; substance abuse; stress management; kids and deployment; spiritual guidance; living with physical injuries; health and wellness). MORE >


Technology projects

Two technology projects that are a critical part of T2’s mission are the Automated Behavioral Health Clinic (ABHC) and the Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER). The ABHC project offers a standardized, automated check-in process for mental health clinics that treat Service Members or Veterans. The DoDSER project provides suicide surveillance for all branches of the military.

About The ABHC

Automated Behavioral Health The Automated Behavioral Health Clinic (ABHC) is a software system custom tailored to the unique business practices of military behavioral health clinics. It is a flexible system that can standardize and automate patient check-in processes. MORE >

About the DoDSER

Department of Defense Suicide Event Report The DoDSER is a web application that allows the military to capture detailed information about suicide events. The DoDSER is one of the primary sources of DoD-level suicide event data. MORE >

Brain Health Inventory

PH/TBI Resources Inventory

The PH/TBI Resources Inventory is an informational document that lists psychological health, traumatic brain injury and substance abuse resources available to Warriors, Veterans and their Families in a given region. MORE >

Virtual Reality and Other
Innovative Technology Applications

Virtual Reality immersion project

The Innovative Technology Applications (ITA) program is dedicated to DoD-level dissemination and development of Virtual Reality (VR), virtual worlds, and other new technologies to treat and prevent psychological health concerns and traumatic brain injury. ITA’s mission includes validating innovative technologies through research, increasing the number of providers trained in VR, and developing best practices. ITA was created in response to calls for innovative methods of prevention and treatment of mental illness. MORE >

Research Overview

T2 is dedicated to the coordination and implementation of cutting edge research to improve the psychological and traumatic brain injury healthcare of our Warfighters and their families. The T2 staff maintains an active internal research program and continues to develop collaborative research opportunities with a broad network of stakeholders. Recent projects have focused on the use of Virtual Reality in clinical practice; suicide prevention and the detection of suicide risk factors; the impact of deployment on psychological health; the use of technology to improve health outcomes, and Service Member assessments of technology-based approaches to care. MORE >

Page last updated October 28, 2009.

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