APA Education Directorate staff successfully advocated in 2006 for the establishment of the Defense Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) program within the Department of Defense. The funds supported the creation of a Washington, D.C., Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), which was developed to promote the education of psychologists and other behavioral health specialists about issues pertaining to the deployment of military personnel.

News & Information

APA Member Jeff Pollard, PhD, ABPP Testifies Before Important U.S. House of Representatives’ Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee

Center for Deployment Psychology Hill Briefing (03/08)

Congressman Bill Young Honored for Championing the Center for Deployment Psychology (2007)

The psychological needs of military personnel and families (2007)

Briefing Sheets and White Papers

CDP Description

Role of Psychologists – Military

The Critical Need to Train Military and Civilian Mental Health Professionals

The Role of Psychologists in Meeting the Mental and Behavioral Health Needs of Our Nation's Military Men and Women

Addressing the Mental and Behavioral Health Needs of Our Nation's Service Members

Why Congress Should Support the Center for Deployment Psychology

Department of Defense: Center for Deployment Psychology White Paper

Details of the Defense Graduate Psychology Education Program

List of CDP Training Sites

Resources

Center for Deployment Psychology Website

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