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 2008 conference are being finalized and the program and/or speakers are subject to change without notice (e.g., as a result of military deployment).

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.

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.

EXHIBITORS

To visit the website of our exhibitors, simply click on their name.

Alpha Health Systems

Center for Neuroacoustic Research

The Military Vaccine (MILVAX) Agency

Professional, Clinical & Forensic Assessments, LLC

If you would like to be an exhibitor, CLICK HERE.

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

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