Mental Health for Military Families: The Path to Resilience and Recovery

August 3, 2010 Teleconference

SAMHSA ADS Center Training Teleconference

Mental Health for Military Families: The Path to Resilience and Recovery

August 3, 2010

The nightmares of war don't always end when our loved ones return home. . . . Sometimes the deadliest wounds are the ones you cannot see, and we cannot afford to let the unseen wounds go untreated. - U.S. President Barack Obama (2009)

What systems-level and policy changes need to be implemented to increase U.S. service members' and their families' access to the mental health services, supports, and treatment they need? What resilience-building, self-care, or preventive measures, on an individual or systems level, should be considered and implemented prior to deployment to reduce the frequency and/or severity of mental health problems during and after combat? What solutions might increase the likelihood of successful community reintegration upon a service member's return home?

SAMHSA ADS Center invites you to a free training teleconference entitled "Mental Health for Military Families: The Path to Resilience and Recovery." This training teleconference will help current and past recipients of mental health services, U.S. service members and their families, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health providers, veteran advocacy organizations, family and peer support personnel within the U.S. Department of Defense and branches of the military (including the reserves), and the general public explore the questions above.

Date and Time

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Eastern Time (ET)

Presenters

• Tom Berger, Ph.D.
  Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
• Sheri Hall

Military Spouse

• Steve Robinson
  Gulf War Veteran and Advocate

Questions?

This training teleconference will include a question-and-answer session. We invite you to submit questions at any time before or during the teleconference. To submit questions before the teleconference, please e-mail promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov. Speakers will answer as many questions as possible during the question-and-answer session, but we cannot guarantee that your question will be answered during the teleconference. We will provide each presenter's contact information so that you may contact him or her directly for a response or additional information.

Please note: You may submit anonymous questions. If you provide your name and organization when submitting a question, we may use it during the call.

Training Sponsor

This teleconference is sponsored by SAMHSA ADS Center, a project of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). CMHS is a center within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Please explore the SAMHSA ADS Center Web site for more information: http://www.promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/.

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