...DEPLOYMENT HEALTH REASSESSMENT PROGRAM -- "PDHRA has been a major step forward in ... Soldiers." For more information about PDHRA, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=PDHRA&op=and S tory here ...-320000th-soldier-for-pdhra/ Story below: --- ... Army Screens 320,000th Soldier for PDHRA BY OCPA WASHINGTON -- This month ... Reserve - in August 2005. "PDHRA has been a major step forward in ... them in scheduling their Soldiers for the PDHRA, found on the PDHRA for Commanders and Leaders" Users will... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAR08/nf032608-7.htm
... makers with reasonable assurance that servicemembers complete PDHRA. What this report basically says is ... What a shame! For more about PDHRA, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=pdhra&op=and Full GAO report ... the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA) as part of its continuum of deployment health assessments for servicemembers. PDHRA is a screening tool for military servicemembers ... their deployment cycles. Although DOD established PDHRA requirements and policies, it gave the ... oversees the military services' compliance with PDHRA requirements through its deployment health assessment quality ... to review DOD's oversight of PDHRA, and the House Committee on Armed... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf090508-2.htm
... the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA). DOD directed the PDHRA to be implemented in June 2005 in ... from deployment. One intent of the PDHRA is to identify servicemembers' health concerns ... us to describe the administration of the PDHRA to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers. ... (1) how DOD administers the PDHRA to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers and ... how VA interacts with DOD in the PDHRA process for these servicemembers and the information ... small number of cases to administer the PDHRA to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers either ...-to administer the assessments. The PDHRA form asks for demographic information--... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJAN08/nf012708-1.htm
4. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 12-10-06 #7nf121006-7.htm
... and deliver care. One great example is the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) conducted three to six months following a Soldier's return from deployment. The PDHRA Program is mandated by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and designed to ... over time since deployment. For more information about the program, please visit the PDHRA site at www.pdhealth.mil/dcs/pdhra.asp . For more information, please contact Paul Boyce at (703)... http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfDEC06/nf121006-7.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-23-2007 #1 -- VETERANS' SUICIDES: THE WAR CASUALTIES YOU AREN'T HEARING ABOUT -- By Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.nf052307-1.htm
... I can't. One issue I was particularly perturbed about was the Post Deployment Health Readiness Assessment (PDHRA). This was the Army's paper trail, so the top brass could say, " ... no help and no follow-up calls. In late February 2007, I was so incensed that the PDHRA was being bandied about by Generals as proof that they were tracking troops' mental health problems, that ... would reopen my case. I did what was asked dutifully, and waited. Two weeks later, the PDHRA folks finally called me back. It only took 16 months. I held nothing back from them and... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf052307-1.htm
.... Francis Harvey and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker authorized this week a new health screening program, 'Post Deployment Health Reassessment' (PDHRA), designed to address deployment-related physical and mental health needs of Soldiers three to six months after returning from deployment. After nine months of pilot programs, the Army is now implementing the PDHRA program. This is one component of the Defense Department's ongoing efforts to safeguard the health of all military personnel returning from deployment including Active, Reserve and... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JAN 06/newsflash01-28-2006-2.htm
... cracks." The report issued September 4, 2008 by the Government Accountability Office, found several problems with DOD oversight of the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA). While DOD has developed requirements for administering the PDHRA, the Department is unable to determine whether servicemembers are completing their reassessments. This report follows a June 2007 GAO finding that DOD does not collect or provide Congress... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/scva08/scva090908-2.htm
... and Afghanistan veterans. When soldiers return home they fill out a Post Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) questionnaire, usually on the airplane that brings them stateside. Often, the questionnaire is completed at the demobilization station at Fort Dix. Six months later, troops are asked to fill out a Post Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) questionnaire, in many cases at a reserve unit weekend, to identify any problems that have arisen later. The reassessment itself is a Department of Defense initiative. In New Jersey, the VA attempts to maximize the benefits of the reassessment by having representatives at Reserve weekends inform the deactivated troops of the programs available... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JUN 06/newsflash06-19-2006-6.htm
... with Duke University. He ran a pilot program at Fort Bragg that went very well, so I ve resourced him to start this program across our other installations, Kiley said. That s one thing, he said. The other thing is to do the PDHA, the post deployment health assessment, and then the PDHRA (Post Deployment Health Reassessment). So when the Stryker Brigade comes back in the December time frame, three to six months later we re going to come back to those Soldiers and ask, So, how are you doing now? You got your block leave, you got home and reunited with your family... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes SEP 06/newsflash09-07-2006-8.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs News - 09-28-06 #2housecvanews09-28-06-2.htm
... greater problem for rural veterans. This is a family values issue. It affects not only veterans, but families of veterans. Col. Dr. Charles Hoge, chief of psychiatry and behavior sciences of the Division of Neurosciences at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, cited the Army s Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA), a self-administered assessments from soldiers who had returned from Iraq between 3 and 6 months previously. Thirty-five percent of those responding reported any mental health concern; 19 percent endorsed 2 or more of the 4 PTSD-related questions and 11 percent endorsed 3 or more of the 4 PTSD questions... http://www.vawatchdog.org/housecvanews/housecvanews09-28-06-2.htm
