Preventing Psychological Disorders in Service Members and Their Families: An Assessment of Programs (2014)

OPEN SESSION

Topic

Speaker

9:30–10:15

Resilience

William P. Nash, M.D. Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy (Retired) Former Director of Marine Corps Combat and Operational Stress Control Programs

10:15–11:00

Military Families

Theresa T. Buchanan, BSN, JD Youth Initiatives Director, National Military Family Association

11:00–11:15

Break

11:15–12:00

Suicide

Richard McKeon, Ph.D Chief, Suicide Prevention Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

12:00–1:00

Lunch

1:00–1:45

Suicide Prevention: Advances, Opportunities, and Needed Directions

Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

1:45–2:30

PTSD

LTC Dennis McGurk, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Military Operational Medicine Research Program, Medical Research & Materiel Command, US Army

2:30–3:15

Families/Children

William R. Beardslee, M.D. Director, Baer Prevention Initiatives, Boston Children’s Hospital, Gardner/Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

3:15–3:30

Break

3:30–4:15

Substance Use Disorders

Eve E. Reider, Ph.D. Health Scientist Administrator, Prevention Research Branch Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

4:15–5:00

Families/Tragedy Assistance

Lynda C. Davis, Ph.D. Advisory Board Member, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

OPEN SESSION

Topic

Speaker

9:00–9:45

Impact of Military Culture Discouraging Substance Use and Abuse Among Combat-Deployed Active-Duty Service Members

Diana Jeffery, Ph.D. Senior Health Care Analyst, Defense Health Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (DHCAPE), Office of the Chief Financial Officer,

TRICARE Management Activity, Assistant Secretary of Defense - Health Affairs, Department of Defense

9:45–10:30

Interpersonal Violence

Glenna Tinney, M.S.W., ACSW, DCSW, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Military Advocacy Program Coordinator, Battered Women’s Justice Project

10:30–11:15

Substance Use Disorders

Peter J. Delany, Ph.D., LCSW-C, RADM U.S. Public Health Service, Director, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

11:15–12:00

Comprehensive Soldier Fitness

LTC Sharon McBride, Ph.D. Executive Officer, Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness

Coreen M. Harada, Ed.D Warrior Transition Unit and Research/Evaluation Lead, Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Training Centers

Major Paul B. Lester, Ph.D. Director, Research Facilitation Team, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army