APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Air Force Post-Deployment Decompression Program Is Not Associated with Reduced Mental Health Symptoms
- Coreen Farris
RAND Corporation - Terry Schell
RAND Corporation - Jennifer Sloan
RAND Corporation - Deborah Scharf
Lakehead University - Jeremy Miles
Google Los Angeles
Abstract
The Air Force established the Deployment Transition Center (DTC) to provide decompression time and other services to Airmen returning from combat deployments. Our evaluation of the DTC suggests the program may not be achieving its aims of preventing post-deployment posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms, alcohol misuse, and social conflicts.
Program Evaluation
