PROGRAM 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, the threat of terrorism, PTSD, and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The details of the 2007 conference are finalized; however, the program and/or speakers are subject to change without notice (e.g., as a result of military deployment). To learn about the 15 year history of the conference, click here to visit the original website.

TOPICS

CLICK HERE to download our six-page conference brochure as an Adobe PDF document. This brochure is a work in progress and the final version will serve as the conference program that is distributed on-site at the conference.

To download an Adobe PDF version of the respective PowerPoint presentation AT NO CHARGE, simply click on the instructor's name below. These are the presentations we have as of 11 May 2007; we'll continue to request the presentations of other speakers and post them on 25 May 2007.

For your convenience, a CD loaded with all of the presentations (except those that the instructor(s) won't release) is available for $25 by sending a check made payable to "Combat Stress Conference" to P.O. Box 1458, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-1458. All orders will be shipped on 1 June 2007.

Allen

Davis

Gajda

Harrell

Hicklin

Hoge (This presentation will not be released at the request of the instructor.)

Hsu

Irlen

Kearney

Lynch

McSherry

Preusse

Reyes (Part 1)

Reyes (Part 2)

Thakur

Wang

Don't forget, When Johnnie/Joanie Comes Marching Home: Reuniting Military Families Following Deployment is available as a four-hour independent study program. Simply read the book, watch the DVD, and answer 30 multiple choice questions. Please call our office at (714) 377-3767 to order.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

CLICK HERE to download exhibitor information.

2007 Exhibitors Included...

Army Healthcare Professions

Deployment Health Clinical Center • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

When Johnnie/Joanie Comes Marching Home: Reuniting Military Families Following Deployment

Hillwood Publishing Company www.hillwoodpublishing.net

Military Vaccine Agency www.vaccines.mil

Navy League of the United States, Tri-City Council www.navyleague.org

Reserve Officers Association of the United States www.roa.org

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. / San Diego North County Chapter www.sdncbluestarmothers.org

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 and their families.

-Develop effective pre-deployment readiness programs for military personnel and their families.

-Provide critical incident stress support services in military and civilian disaster and mass casualites settings.

-Prepare military staff for deployment.

-Provide effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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.

LINKS

The American Psychological Association's report: www.apa.org/releases/MilitaryDeploymentTaskForceReport.pdf

The Department of Defense's Mental Health Task Force: www.ha.osd.mil/DHB/mhtf/default.cfm

The U.S. Veterans Administration: www.va.gov

Veterans for America: www.veteransforamerica.org