Objective Behavioral Health Assessment Tool (OBHAT)

Capability Summary: Objective monitoring, screening, diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive tools related to identification, triage, treatment, and prevention of behavioral issues in Service Members at Role 1-4, pre-Role 1 in deployed, and garrison environments.

Impact: Providers require objective tools to screen, diagnose, and treat behavioral health (BH) issues to maintain readiness.

• Lack of reporting leads to preventable crises.
  • Only 40% of military personnel with BH problems seek help [Sharp et al., 2015].
• BH clinics are overburdened in the deployed and garrison space.
  • 80% of the Service Members who presented to Air Force BH clinics did not have a BH Disorder [AFMED Data Analysis, 2023].
  • Only around 1 in 3 new patients at BH clinics needs clinical care.
• A need for additional clinical decision tools to help overwhelmed providers.
  • Most vectoring/triage decisions are made by enlisted and other junior personnel.
  • Non-BH medical providers make most BH prescriptions.