The what?
What is the purpose of DMH?
To proactively respond to incidents and minimize the likelihood of longstanding or debilitating stress reactions.
Who is part of the DMH team?
Licensed MH provider, MH personnel, Religious Support Team, MFRC
What are some DMH services?
Pre-exposure preparation, education, screening, and referral.
How often does DMH training take place?
Quarterly
Civilians can be seen for DMH
Fiction
Civilians would be referred to employee assistance program
What does DMH help prevent in potential in long term and short term?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
What is COSC?
Combat and Operation Stress Control
Participation in DMH services is?
Voluntary
Who needs to attend DMH training?
All DMH team members
CC may request DMH for consultation
Fact
What activates DMH?
DMH is activated when individuals are exposed to all-hazard incidents or operational stress environments.
Why do we train?
To be prepare to respond to realistic all-hazards incidents that could activate DMH.
How many DMH sessions can an individual have?
4
There are multiple DMH training topics, can you name 3?
prevention, outreach, screening, triage, psychological first aid, education and referral services for individuals and groups, command consultation, ethical issues, needs assessments and surveillance, burnout and secondary trauma.
When seeing a member for DMH it must be documented in their record
Fiction, although we should take note of the date, what squadron, number of attendance and the incident or training that occurred
What is psychological first aid and when is it provided?
evidence-informed approach built on the concept of human resilience
initial disaster response
provided after an all-hazard incident
A member passed away in the unit, how would DMH respond?
Consultation with CC, briefing unit about services, connecting individuals with other services.
Can members receive mental health treatment during DMH sessions?
No, initiate referral to Mental Health.
Why does DMH training occur?
It occurs to prepare the DMH team for any realistic all-hazards incidents that could activate DMH.
DMH team members do not need to show up to quarterly training if they have been apart of the team for 2+ years
Fiction
What is the DMH AFI?
AFI 44-153
How would DMH respond after a natural disaster?
DMH will get activated to screen, triage, and referred members to services. MFRC and RST would also be activated.
What agencies makes up the DMH team?
Mental Health
Religious Support Team
Military Family Readiness Center
What is mandatory to do during a DMH training?
Members need to sign-in
DMH team chief may be anyone from the Mental Health Team
Fiction, a licensed Mental Health provider serves as the DMH team chief