Welcome home ceremony for Soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Chris A. Durney.)

For Guard and Reserve

Members of the National Guard and Reserve face unique challenges balancing military service with civilian life. The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) serves warriors and their families needing help with psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) issues, promoting resilience, recovery and reintegration. Below are some great resources from military, government and community programs that are specifically for Guardsmen and Reservists!

Downloadable Handouts

• National Guard and Reserve Fact Sheet
• National Guard and Reserve Resources

Multimedia

• Real Warriors Campaign profile, Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Megan Krause: As an Army medic, Krause knew the warning signs of depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet didn’t recognize them in herself. Fortunately others did. Colleagues across the chain of command helped her see that she needed treatment and that it was OK to ask for help.
• Adm. Mike Mullen tells service members it’s OK to get help
• NBC Nightly News: “A veterans journey coping with PTSD”
• Sesame Workshop's "When Families Grieve" preview

Podcasts

• Dot Mil Docs 114: Virtual Worlds Technology for Psychological Health
• Afterdeployment.org’s “There and Back”
• Episode #52: Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness
• Episode #55: Military Children: Coping with Change

Useful Resources

• Real Warriors Campaign Articles for National Guard and Reserve
• DCoE Outreach Center: Trained health professionals are available to answer individual questions and navigate through the vast array of resources on psychological health and traumatic brain injury.
• Deployment Health Clinical Center – Reserve Component Resource Center
• Military OneSource: Service-specific information and resources
• National Resource Directory: State and local resources for recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration
• inTransition Brochure for Guard and Reserve
• Mental Health Services Locator (by state & region)
• Rural Assistance Center: Rural health and human services information
• Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program: Prepares soldiers and families for mobilization, sustains families during mobilization, and reintegrate soldiers with their families, communities, and employers upon redeployment or REFRAD.
• Army Reserve Family Programs
• Sesame Street Workshop: Helping children cope with deployment
• Wounded Warrior Resource Center
• Afterdeployment.org: Post-deployment wellness resources, self assessments and more
• Success in the Workplace for Service Members Living with PTSD and TBI
• Helping National Guard and Reserve Reenter the Workplace
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health
• Marriage and Divorce in the National Guard and Reserves: A Fact Sheet from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center

“Courage to Care” Fact Sheets

Courage to Care is a new, electronic health campaign for military and civilian professionals serving the military community, as well as for military men, women and families. Courage to Care consists of electronic fact sheets that provide actionable information. This content was developed by leading military health experts from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in collaboration with The Center for Traumatic Stress (CSTS).

Fact Sheets:

• Depression in Primary Care: A Military Health Care Perspective
• Fostering Recovery: From Medical Illness, Injury and Disease
• Helping Children Cope During Deployment
• Helping National Guard and Reserve Reenter the Workplace
• Reintegration Fact Sheet for Military Couples
• Reunion: Reuniting with Your Loved One: Helpful Advice for Families
• Suicide Facts: What Military Families Need to Know to Help Loved Ones Who May Be At Risk

"Mobile Technologies: A "Smart" Connection to Psychological Health and TBI Care"

Mobile devices represent a strategic technology area that has the potential to enhance access to PH & TBI care and resources for service members, veterans and families – particularly for the Guard and Reserve populations. T2 is developing mobile applications for PH and TBI. Learn more:

• Click here to listen to the audio recording of DCoE’s webinar on the topic
• Presentation from DCoE’s webinar
• T2’s website