Health Care Happenings

May is the one year anniversary for the Department of Defense’s Real Warriors Campaign. 

HAPPY 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

On May 21, the Defense Center of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) established a national media campaign targeted at eliminating stigma associated with warriors and families seeking psychological health care and TBI treatment. The campaign aims to build resilience, facilitate recovery and support troops, veterans, and their families when they reintegrate back into their communities.

MOAA is honored to partner with DCoE and the DoD. Join me in congratulating DCoE on its accomplishments and thank them for their dedicated support to our military community by joining the campaign—learn more by visiting the Real Warriors Campaign Website.
 

Today I had the awesome opportunity to participate as a panelist in a DCoE Bloggers Roundtable, called, “Signs, Symptoms & Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and TBI” to talk about the Real Warriors Campaign and how MOAA and others are fighting stigma on various fronts.

• Other panelist included:
  •Lt.Col. Christopher Robinson, the Senior Executive Director for Psychological Health at DCoE who talked about some of the programs and new technologies being developed out of the Center’s Telehealth and Technology office as well as his recent deployment experiences.
  • Staff Sgt. Meg Krause, Army Reservist who shared her experiences seeking care and why she volunteered to tell her story through the Real Warriors Campaign, talking about the importance of combating stigma.

Join in on the conversation at DoDLive.