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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/966609394 Title: The Air Force Deployment Transition Center : Assessment of Program Structure, Process, and Outcomes Author: Terry L Schell; Coreen Farris; Jeremy Miles; Jennifer Sloan McCombs; Deborah M Scharf; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense,; Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury (U.S.), Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016] ©2016 ISBN/ISSN: 9780833095404 0833095404 OCLC:966609394

  
  

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The Air Force Deployment Transition Center : Assessment of Program Structure, Process, and Outcomes

Author:	Terry L Schell; Coreen Farris; Jeremy Miles; Jennifer Sloan McCombs; Deborah M Scharf; All authors
Publisher:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016] ©2016
Series:	Research report (Rand Corporation), RR-918-OSD.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"It is often accepted as common knowledge that military personnel benefit from decompression time between a war zone and the home station. To capitalize on the potential benefits of a decompression period paired with support services, the U.S. Air Force established the Deployment Transition Center (DTC) at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in July 2010. The DTC provides airmen returning from combat missions with an opportunity to decompress and share lessons learned before returning to their home stations. The authors of this report evaluate the structure, processes, and outcomes of the DTC program. They find that, although a majority of participants found the DTC program worthwhile, a comparison of DTC participants and similar airmen who did not participate the program shows no evidence that the program helps reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, depressive symptoms, binge drinking, or social conflicts with family and coworkers. In addition, one of the DTC program elements appears to be similar to posttraumatic debriefing interventions, which several studies have found to be either ineffective or harmful. For these reasons, if the main goals of the DTC program are to improve behavioral health and social conflict outcomes, the authors recommend that the DTC program be discontinued or redesigned and Air Force resources invested in alternative programs. However, if the DTC program has other goals, such as providing rest and relaxation to airmen after a difficult deployment or capturing after-action information, then the authors recommend that these goals be documented and the DTC program be more specifically tailored to them"--Publisher's description.  Read more...
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Subjects	United States. -- Air Force -- Officials and employees. United States. -- Air Force. Veterans -- Mental health services -- United States. View all subjects
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