Saturday-Thursday, April 23-28, 2005

Camp Pendleton• Oceanside, California

Attent Two, Four or Six Days and Earn 16, 32, or 48 C.E. Hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This annual multi-disciplinary event brings the leading mental health professionals and chaplains in the military together to share their clinical expertise dealing with combat stress. Conference attendees can attain basic or advanced certification in the core elements of a comprehensive, systematic and multi-component crisis intervention curriculum and critical incident stress management (CISM) techniques.  The details of the 2005 conference are still being finalized, and you can get updated program information at our website.

TOPICS

Saturday-Sunday, April 23-24 • 16 C.E. Hours

Topics Include:

• "Combat Stress and Suicide Issues in Iraq" with Irma H. Cooper, LTC, AN, USAR, 113th CSC, Stanton, CA

• "Psychiatric Evaluation of Conscientious Objector Claims (PECOC)" with Ansar M. Haroun, LTC, M.D., USAR, JIOC, Dallas, TX

• "Maintaining Unit Cohesion and Unit Performance in Large Scale Incidents" with Jeffery T. Mitchell, Ph.D., C.T.S., International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

• "USN/USMC Mental Health in Iraq" with James J Reeves, LCDR, M.C., USN, 1MARDIV, Camp Pendleton, CA

• "Combat & Operational Stress Reactions" with William P. Nash, CAPT, M.C., USN, 1MARDIV, Camp Pendleton, CA

• "Suicide Intervention" with John South, COL, CH, USAR, 63d RRC, Los Alamitos, CA

• “Code of Conduct" on combat as a "Journey Into Evil" with Robert G. Certain, CH Col (R), USAFR, Rev. Dr., Palm Desert, CA

• "Resistance, Resilience, Recovery: An Integrative Paradigm for Combat Stress Control" with George S. Everly, Jr.,Ph.D., F.AP.M., International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

• "Transitioning From MTF to the Field" with David Hensley, LT, M.D., USN, Navy Medical Center, San Diego, CA

• "Importance of Unit Integration" with Gary B. Hoyt, LCDR, Ph.D., USN, 1MARDIV, Camp Pendleton, CA

• " Current Combat Stress Control Mental Health Operations" with James W. Stokes, COL, M.S., USA, Combat Stress Control Program Officer, U.S. Army Medical Command (USAMEDCOM), San Antonio, TX

And More

Monday-Tuesday, April 25-26 • 16 C.E. Hours

Select One:

• "Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)—Basic Certification" with Elizabeth Dansie, M.A., M.F.T., B.C.E.T.S., Concord, CA

OR

• "Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)—Advanced Certification" with David F. Wee, M.S.S.W., Mental Health Program Supervisor, Berkeley, CA

Wednesday-Thursday, April 27-28 • 16 C.E. Hours

GOALS

At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to:

• Gain the clinical acumen and skills necessary to respond to the psychological, mental, and spiritual needs of soldiers experiencing various acts of combat stress.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER PROFILE

Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Ph.D. is the founder of The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Inc. and has authored many publications on crisis intervention, critical incident stress, disaster psychology, and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). He has authored over 250 articles and 10 books in the stress and crisis intervention fields. He serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Emergency Management Institute of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He is a reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association and the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. He has been honored by the Austrian Red Cross with a Bronze Medal for his work in crisis intervention.