CMHC 615 Military Issues in Counseling
This course provides an understanding of the assessment instruments that are used with military populations (deployed and non-deployed personnel, veterans, and their families) including those assessments not normally provided in civilian clinics such as fitness for duty, sanity, and special duty clearance evaluations. Students review the settings in which these assessments are used and the way that their results are incorporated into military-based psychological practice to inform decision making, diagnosis, treatment planning for these populations. Students learn about screening, self-reporting, and other evaluative measures that assess for disorders common among military populations including, depression, traumatic brain injury (TBI), substance abuse/dependence, sleep related disturbances, sexual assault and suicidal ideation or behaviors. Students analyze data collected during formal and informal assessment activities to obtain the most reliable and valid diagnoses and to synthesize data obtained through different assessment sources in clear and professional reports for this population. Students analyze military populations with different standard assessment tools.