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Mental Health Treatment for Families: Supporting Those Who Support Our Veterans

Thursday, February 28, 2008 | 10:00 AM Room 334 Cannon House Office Building

Tags: Health

Opening Statement

Hon. Michael H. Michaud , Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, and a Representative in Congress from the State of Maine
Hon. Jeff Miller, Ranking Republican Member, and a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida
Hon. John T. Salazar, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado (STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD)
Hon. Shelley Berkeley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nevada

Panel: 1

Linda Spoonster Schwartz, RN, Dr.P.H., FAAN, State of Connecticut, Commissioner of Veterans’ Affairs

Stacy Bannerman, M.S., Author, When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind, Fife, WA

Peter Leousis, and, Deputy Director, H.W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Principal Investigator, Citizen Soldier Support Program National Demonstration

Panel: 2

Charles Figley, Ph.D., LMFT, Director, Traumatology Institute and Psychosocial Stress Research and Development Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Fulbright Fellow and Professor, College of Social Work, on behalf of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Ralph Ibson, Mental Health America, Vice President for Government Affairs

Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP, CGP, Post-doctoral Faculty, Derner Institute, Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, Group Therapist, Northport, NY; Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY, on behalf of American Group Psychotherapy Association, Inc.

Panel: 3

Scott N. Sundsvold, American Legion, Assistant Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission

Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Assistant National Legislative Director

Fred Cowell, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Senior Health Analyst

Thomas J. Berger, Ph.D., Vietnam Veterans of America, Chairman, National PTSD and Substance Abuse Committee

Todd Bowers, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Director of Government Affairs

Panel: 4

Kristin Day, LCSW, Office of Patient Care Services, Chief Consultant, Care Management and Social Work Service, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied By

Ira Katz, M.D., Veterans Health Administration, Deputy Chief, Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Charles Flora, Veterans Health Administration, Executive Assistant to the Chief Readjustment Counseling Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Submissions for the Record

Barbara Cohoon

Mental Health Treatment for Families: Supporting Those Who Support Our Veterans.

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