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Technology to Make People Healthy.

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

The afterdeployment.org There and Back Podcast

afterdeployment.org presents their new audio podcast series, “There & Back.” The programs in this series are intended to assist service members and their loved ones in managing the challenges that are often faced following a deployment. Learn about depression, post-traumatic stress, managing aggression and anger. Listen now >

We’ve published the winter issue of the quarterly afterdeployment.org newsletter. The winter 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

ATOM

Automated Tools and Outcome Measures (ATOM) is a software system custom tailored to the unique business practices of military behavioral health clinics. ATOM offers a standardized, automated check-in process for behavioral health and deployment-related health clinics that treat Service Members or Veterans. It is a flexible system that can standardize and automate patient check-in processes. MORE >

DoDSER

Department of Defense Suicide Event Report The Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) provides suicide surveillance for all branches of the military. This web application 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 >

T2 2009 Annual Report now available

PDF version of the 2009 T2 Annual Report

Ensuring superior support and care for the Total Force and their Families is a complex endeavor. But at the National Center for Telehealth & Technology, the goal of our work is clear: leverage technology to truly meet the changing needs of Warriors, Veterans and Families before, during and after deployment.

Download a PDF file of the T2 annual report to read more about how we accomplished this mission in 2009.

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 >