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Reintegration Briefing
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Reintegration Briefing Agenda
FAMILY SUPPORT Personal Budget
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Reintegration Briefing
FINANCE File Travel Vouchers Travel Card
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Life SkillsReintegration Briefing
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Why are we briefing you?Deployments can be very stressful for the deploying member and their families
potential for high stress or traumatic experiences while deployed, intense emotions, separation from family, family must adjust to absence of deployed member, etc.
Sometimes reintegrating back into our lives and families can be more difficult than we expect
Prevention – an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Knowledge – providing you with information to assess your progress and those of your fellow airmen during reintegration
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Stress and TraumaStress – a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it (can be positive or negative)
Trauma - overload of the nervous system, resulting in poorly encoded memories and emotions
The more stress you feel, the more susceptible you are to experiencing trauma.
Trauma can be caused by real or perceived threat of death or serious injury to yourself or others.
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1. What was the immediate effect of this
stress or trauma on you? (increased anxiety, difficulty with relationships, etc.)
2. What was the prolonged effect?
(poor sleep, energy, appetite, etc.)
3. How might it affect your transition back to the
non-deployed setting?(difficulty resuming role in family, work-related
problems, continued difficulty with sleep, energy, concentration, appetite, etc.)
Stress and trauma as it relates to deployment
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War-zoneStress Reaction
1. Re-experiencing Trauma:• Intrusive recollections• Recurrent nightmares• Feeling as if trauma was reoccurring• Avoidance/phobic reaction • Sense of a foreshortened future • Emotional numbing
2. Increased arousal• Decreased sleep• Decreased Concentration• Irritability/outbursts • Hypervigilance• Exaggerated startle response
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The most empirically validated treatment
is re-exposure to the feared stimulus…
The most empirically validated treatment
is re-exposure to the feared stimulus…
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DepressedPeople
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If you would like If you would like to meet with a to meet with a
mental health professionalmental health professionalCall 895-6199 Call 895-6199
to schedule an apptto schedule an appt
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Questions?Questions?
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