Veteran's Summit Final Report
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together key leaders of North Carolina State Government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, along with representatives of provider and consumer groups to share essential information and promote best practices in the service of returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.
Strategies in Service to New Combat Veterans and their Families
If the DoD/VA Public Health Approach is to succeed, there should be No Wrong Door to which OIF/OEF veterans or their families can come for help. Presentation by Harold Kudler, M.D. Clinical Co-Director, VISN 6 MIRECC
Soldier Behavioral Health and the Deployment Cycle
Presentation includes - Stages of the Deployment Cycle, Deployment Combat and NonCombat Stressors, Post Deployment Adjustment, Battlemind Training and Resetting Soldiers by COL Edward O. Crandell, Ph. D Chief, Department of Behavioral Health Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, North Carolina
The Three-Legged Milk Stool Approach
Family Readiness will enhance combat effectiveness by permitting Marines to focus on their military tasks, and giving them and their families the tools and support necessary to building and sustaining healthy and self-sufficient families through the rigors of deployment. By CAPT Monica Mellon U.S. Marine Corps and CAPT Richard Welton, M.D. U.S. Navy
