1 of 19 RETIRED JUSTICE EVELYN LUNDBERG STRATTON'S VETERANS' CRIMINAL JUSTICE & MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES NEWS “Sharing Information to Benefit All Veterans” August 13, 2017 Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Retired Veterans in the Courts Initiative Evelyn Lundberg Stratton retired from the Ohio Supreme Court at the end of 2012 so as to pursue more fully criminal justice reforms with a particular emphasis on veterans who become involved with the justice system. She established the Veterans in the Courts Initiative in 2009. Video http://bit.ly/1glCXZ0 Subscribe to this free weekly, all volunteer-generated, news summary by joining our Veterans in The Courts Initiative Group http://bit.ly/1DZ3esD 5,107 providers of veterans’ services just like you, nationwide & internationally, receive this free newsletter every week. Another 18,000+ can see it on 5 social media sites. Over 5,900 people in 61 countries have viewed my blog over 11,000 times. Thank you for sharing! TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC PAGE TOPIC PAGE FEATURED STORIES 1 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 14 OPPORTUNITIES 2 GENERAL NEWS 16 GOVERNMENT 3 "VETERANS IN JUSTICE" LINKEDIN GROUP 17 OHIO 5 OTHER LINKEDIN GROUPS 17 STEPPING UP INITIATIVE 7 VETERANS IN THE COURTS INITIATIVE BLOG 18 VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 18 PTS/TBI/MST 10 HOW TO JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER 18 SUICIDE 13 FEATURED STORIES Breaking Down Mental Illness for Veterans and Non-Veterans by State, LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2wTmIii, Downloadable PDF http://bit.ly/2wTmIii This is a very detailed article posted on LinkedIn by Timothy Pena, Veteran’s Advocate for Suicide Prevention and Founder of MedScanID. There are mental illness related charts and spreadsheets by state, definitions, research studies and articles. RAND Corporation Research Final Report: Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression in the Military Health System, Downloadable PDF http://bit.ly/2wUTEXs This report represents the third in a series of RAND reports about the quality of care for PTSD and depression in the MHS. At the request of DoD, the RAND Corporation initiated a project in 2012 to (1) provide a descriptive baseline assessment of the extent to which providers in the MHS implement care consistent with clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for PTSD and depression, and (2) examine
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Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Retired Veterans in the Courts Initiative
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton retired from the Ohio Supreme Court at the end of 2012 so as to pursue more fully criminal justice reforms with a particular emphasis on veterans who become involved with the justice system. She
established the Veterans in the Courts Initiative in 2009. Video http://bit.ly/1glCXZ0
Subscribe to this free weekly, all volunteer-generated, news summary by joining our Veterans in The Courts Initiative Group http://bit.ly/1DZ3esD
5,107 providers of veterans’ services just like you, nationwide & internationally, receive this free
newsletter every week. Another 18,000+ can see it on 5 social media sites. Over 5,900 people in 61 countries have viewed my blog over 11,000 times. Thank you for sharing!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC PAGE TOPIC PAGE
FEATURED STORIES 1 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 14
OPPORTUNITIES 2 GENERAL NEWS 16
GOVERNMENT 3 "VETERANS IN JUSTICE" LINKEDIN GROUP 17
OHIO 5 OTHER LINKEDIN GROUPS 17
STEPPING UP INITIATIVE 7 VETERANS IN THE COURTS INITIATIVE BLOG 18
VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 18
PTS/TBI/MST 10 HOW TO JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER 18
SUICIDE 13
FEATURED STORIES
Breaking Down Mental Illness for Veterans and Non-Veterans by State, LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2wTmIii, Downloadable PDF http://bit.ly/2wTmIii
This is a very detailed article posted on LinkedIn by Timothy Pena, Veteran’s Advocate for
Suicide Prevention and Founder of MedScanID.
There are mental illness related charts and spreadsheets by state, definitions, research
studies and articles.
RAND Corporation Research Final Report: Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression in the Military Health System, Downloadable PDF http://bit.ly/2wUTEXs
This report represents the third in a series of RAND reports about the quality of care for
PTSD and depression in the MHS.
At the request of DoD, the RAND Corporation initiated a project in 2012 to (1) provide a
descriptive baseline assessment of the extent to which providers in the MHS implement care
consistent with clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for PTSD and depression, and (2) examine
the relationship between guideline-concordant care and clinical outcomes for these
conditions.
This report builds on two previous RAND reports, one that presented a set of quality
measures developed for care provided to active-component service members with PTSD and
depression (Hepner et al., 2015), and another that described characteristics of active-
component service members who received care for PTSD or depression from the MHS and
assessed the quality of care provided for PTSD and depression using quality measures based
on 2012–2013 administrative data (Hepner et al., 2016).
This report provides a more comprehensive assessment of MHS outpatient care for active-
component service members with PTSD and depression by including an expanded set of
quality measures and using two new sources of data, medical records and symptom
questionnaires.
As in Phase I, we focus in this report on active-component service members to increase the
likelihood that the care they received was provided or paid for by the MHS, rather than
other sources of health care.
Data from all three data sources were analyzed for the 2013–2014 time period—more
recent than the time period used for the analyses in our previous report, which was 2012–
2013 (Hepner et al., 2016).
We describe the characteristics of active-component service members who received care for
PTSD or depression from the MHS in 2013–2014 based on administrative data.
We also assess the quality of care provided for PTSD and depression using quality measures
based on three data sources for 2013–2014.
Finally, we explore the use of symptom scores in the MHS and the relationship between
adherence to guideline-concordant care and symptom scores; these analyses were limited
to Army personnel who were seen in military treatment facility (MTF) behavioral health
clinics, due to data availability.
OPPORTUNITIES
Mini-MBA: Business Management for Military and Veterans at Rutgers University (NJ), August 21st – 25th http://bit.ly/2wVcMEZ
The Mini-MBA: Business Management for Military and Veterans program offers
an overview of the key concepts, tools, and techniques that are required to succeed
in a challenging civilian business environment.
This program August 21 - 25, uniquely mixes veterans, transitioning military
personnel, and civilian employers in the same classroom to provide all with a better
understanding of how to capitalize upon years of military training, and how the
knowledge and skills gained apply to a civilian workplace.
Funding may be available for those eligible to receive GI Bill educational benefits.
Career Opportunity: Medical Laboratory Technician Associates Degree, 100% of the program is free to veterans, Hondros College of Nursing, Westerville, Ohio http://bit.ly/2wUHHB9
This is an associate degree program and will begin in October. We would love to
connect with someone who can get this information into the hands of veterans so
RESURRECTING LIVES FOUNDATION http://bit.ly/1R9toOV
EVENTS FOR OHIO VETERANS http://bit.ly/1Tx7tix
EVENTS FOR LAWYERS & OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OHIO VETERANS http://bit.ly/2fQHYN7
RESOURCES FOR OHIO VETERANS http://bit.ly/2fQNEql
STEPPING UP INITIATIVE Editor’s Note: Closely associated with Veterans Treatment Courts and other specialty docket courts dealing with mental illness is the new STEEPING UP INITIATIVE. Stepping Up is a national initiative to reduce the number of people with mental illness in Jails.
Stepping Up and similar initiatives are an important evolution in the treatment of veterans and others incarcerated with mental illness. Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Evelyn Lundeberg Stratton (Retired) is the Director of Stepping Up Ohio. We have decided to create this new section of Retired Justice Stratton’s News Clips, rather than bury the stories somewhere else. We particularly wish to thank County Court Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren in The Criminal Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County of Florida, a Pioneer and Creator of America's first mental health court dedicated to the decriminalization of people with mental illness, for sending us news articles to share with you.
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Rewind: Excellent NACO Webinar re Stepping Up: Prioritizing Policy, Practice and Funding Improvements for People with Mental Illnesses in Jails http://bit.ly/2wS6p53
Editor’s Note: An Ohio Stepping Up Initiative participant listened to this NACO webinar
and recommends that everyone listen to the archived version.
NACO archives all of the webinars and slides at www.StepUpTogether.org/Toolkit under
each of the Questions tabs (the yellow boxes).
NACO said give us until Monday (August 14th) to load this one up online, and please feel
free to share any and all of the Stepping Up webinars.
Prioritizing Policy, Practice and Funding Improvements for People with Mental Illnesses in Jails
This webinar dealt with funding, priorities and planning ("implementation planning"), and not only did it give a detailed overview as an introduction of the topic, but also then a real "nuts and bolts" more lengthy presentation by real folks from a county in Washington state about what they actually have been doing step by step that was very practical and helpful with respect to these matters. It specifically addressed what to do about not having data to even start working with as well as many other real-life issues I have heard discussed that many people in Ohio have already been dealing with thus far, like drafting a workable definition of "serious mental illness."
Tthese webinars are an audio/visual "implementation plan" that are short and very informative.
"Attendees" can network with the presenters afterwards, too, as well as find related additional info on the website. The next one about "Question 6" is scheduled for October 12 at 2 pm.
EVENT: Webinar: Virtual-Mobile Crisis Intervention: The Springfield, MO Model, September 5th http://bit.ly/2vZTimb
On September 5, 2017, SAMHSA's GAINS Center will host a webinar providing information
on Springfield, Missouri's Virtual-Mobile Crisis Intervention model.
In 2012, Burrell Behavioral Health in Springfield identified a need to address the high cost
and inefficiencies of current models of crisis intervention.
return for successful completion of the program, these military members would not have to
face traditional criminal prosecution.
“We have a moral obligation to our veterans and service members. They return home after
long tours of duty in war zones with unseen wounds and issues related to their combat
experiences. They can turn to drugs and crime in their efforts to cope,” said Monmouth
County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. “They need our compassion — something
they have surely earned — to make a difference in their lives, instead of convictions and jail
sentences.”
The county’s program comes on the heels of a new statewide VDP initiative that takes effect
in December, which establishes a framework for the state to develop a process for
connecting eligible service members with mental health and support services. New Jersey is
joining a growing number of states that work in cooperation with the federal Department of
Veteran Affairs in establishing VDPs.
NY: EVENT: Housing Law Legal Stand Down, NYC, August 21st http://bit.ly/2w1OXPx NY Legal Assistance Group offers an informational presentation called "Housing Law" on
August 21, 11am.
www.legalhealth.org
WHEN
August 21, 2017 at 11am - 12pm
WHERE
Manhattan VA
423 E 23rd St
Clubhouse, Room 2694
New York, NY 10010
United States
Additional resources from my blog
1. LIST OF NATIONAL AND STATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCES FOR VETERANS http://bit.ly/19DC5zu
2. U.S. VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS LOCATIONS http://bit.ly/1Lf1VX5
PTS/TBI/MST
EVENT: Webinar: VA PTSD Consultation Program Lecture: PTSD and Substance Use Disorders, August 16th http://bit.ly/2w1IjJ0
On the third Wednesday of each month, the PTSD Consultation Program hosts a webinar on
a topic relevant to treating PTSD.
We select topics based on questions providers are bringing to the PTSD Consultation
Program and invite an expert in that area to present the lecture.
The target audience includes mental health professionals or other health professionals
interested in topics related to treating Veterans with PTSD.
Monthly lectures offer 1 hour of accreditation for those who pre-register and participate in
the live talks. CE/CMEs available: ACCME, ACCME-NP, APA, ANCC, NBCC, ASWB.
EVENT: Workshop: Military Cultural Competence for Mental Health Professionals, Yonkers, NY, August 18th http://bit.ly/2vEcjKJ
The workshop Military Cultural Competence for Mental Health Professionals will
Research: Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury http://bit.ly/2w1lDsb
This Evidence Connection describes a case report of an adult with traumatic brain injury
(TBI), applying the evidence for intervention from the systematic reviews on TBI that were
conducted in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA’s)
Evidence-Based Practice Project.
The occupational therapy assessment and treatment processes for hospital, home, and
community settings are described. Evidence Connection articles provide a clinical application
of systematic reviews developed in conjunction with AOTA’s Evidence-Based Practice
Project.
UC San Diego Research: Those who develop PTSD after brain injury may also have brain abnormalities http://bit.ly/2w0XP3C
A team of researchers says they have found evidence showing those who develop post-
traumatic stress disorder after a brain injury also have distinct changes in their brains.
Specifically, the amygdala – a region of the brain responsible for regulating emotion – is
significantly larger in those who develop PTSD after a brain injury compared when
compared to those who experienced TBI but not PTSD and healthy individuals.
“Many consider PTSD to be a psychological disorder, but our study found a key physical
difference in the brains of military-trained individuals with brain injury and PTSD,” said Dr.
Joel Pieper, from the University of California, San Diego.
“These findings have the potential to change the way we approach PTSD diagnosis and
treatment,” he added.
The researchers came to this conclusion after scanning the brains of 89 current and former
members of the U.S. military who had been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury.
The results showed that the amygdala in the 29 patients who also had PTSD was
approximately 6% larger, particularly on the right side of the brain.
Boston University Research: VA’s chief neuropathologist discusses how study links NFL players with Veterans http://bit.ly/2wTgLSh
Dr. Ann McKee is known as a leading authority on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),
a degenerative brain disease commonly found in athletes and military Veterans who
participated in physically intensive contact activities, such as boxing, football and the
military battlefield. McKee is the director of the CTE Center at Boston University (BU) and
chief neuropathologist for VA Boston and director of the brain banks for VA Boston and
Boston University School of Medicine, including the VA-BU-Concussion Legacy Foundation’s
(CLF) Brain Bank, the world’s largest tissue repository focused on traumatic brain injury
(TBI) and CTE. The bank has more than 425 brains, including more than 270 diagnosed
with CTE.
Recently, McKee received international media attention for her breakthrough study
analyzing the brains of American football players, which found CTE in 99 percent of NFL players, 91 percent of college players and 21 percent of high school players. The research, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on July 25, was the largest number of CTE cases ever studied.
McKee answered five questions about her brain trauma research for VAntage Point.
1. Years of your research confirm that CTE is real, and now your recently published comprehensive study in JAMA shows that 99 percent of the brains of American football players you studied had definitive CTE. How is this research relevant to Veterans?
There are many parallels between concussive injury experienced during contact sports and exposure to blast and concussive injury experienced by Veterans. In addition, many Veterans are athletes, and play football, soccer, baseball, volleyball or participate in boxing. Our research shows that the long-term effects of concussive and blast injuries on the brain can be very similar, regardless of how the brain injuries occurred.
Research: Rapid amyloid-β oligomer and protofibril accumulation in traumatic brain injury http://bit.ly/2w1IFiD
Deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) is central to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis and
associated with progressive neurodegeneration in traumatic brain injury (TBI).
We analyzed predisposing factors for Aβ deposition including monomeric Aβ40, Aβ42 and Aβ
oligomers/protofibrils, Aβ species with pronounced neurotoxic properties, following human
TBI.
Highly selective ELISAs were used to analyze N-terminally intact and truncated Aβ40 and
Aβ42, as well as Aβ oligomers/protofibrils, in human brain tissue, surgically resected from severe TBI patients (n = 12; mean age 49.5 ± 19 years) due to life-threatening brain
swelling/hemorrhage within one week post-injury.
The TBI tissues were compared to post-mortem AD brains (n = 5), to post-mortem tissue of
neurologically intact (NI) subjects (n = 4) and to cortical biopsies obtained at surgery for
idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients (iNPH; n = 4). The levels of Aβ40 and
Aβ42 were not elevated by TBI.
The levels of Aβ oligomers/protofibrils in TBI were similar to those in the significantly older AD patients and increased compared to NI and iNPH controls (P < 0.05).
Moreover, TBI patients carrying the AD risk genotype Apolipoprotein E epsilon3/4 (APOE ε3/4; n = 4) had increased levels of Aβ oligomers/protofibrils (P < 0.05) and of both
N-terminally intact and truncated Aβ42 (P < 0.05) compared to APOE ε3/4-negative TBI
patients (n = 8).
Neuropathological analysis showed insoluble Aβ aggregates (commonly referred to as Aβ
plaques) in three TBI patients, all of whom were APOE ε3/4 carriers. We conclude that
soluble intermediary Aβ aggregates form rapidly after TBI, especially among APOE ε3/4
carriers. Further research is needed to determine whether these aggregates aggravate the
clinical short- and long-term outcome in TBI. Additional resources from my blog
RESURRECTING LIVES FOUNDATION http://bit.ly/1R9toOV
EVENTS FOR VETERANS & VETERAN SERVICE PROVIDERS http://bit.ly/1Gg1nOi
SUICIDE
Canadian Research: Adverse Combat Experiences, Feeling Responsible for Death, and Suicidal Ideation in Treatment-Seeking Veterans and Actively Serving Canadian Armed Forces Members http://bit.ly/2wVewOq
Recently, McKee received international media attention for her breakthrough study
analyzing the brains of American football players, which found CTE in 99 percent of NFL
players, 91 percent of college players and 21 percent of high school players. The research, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on July 25, was the largest number of CTE cases ever studied.
McKee answered five questions about her brain trauma research for VAntage Point.
1. Years of your research confirm that CTE is real, and now your recently published comprehensive study in JAMA shows that 99 percent of the brains of American football players you studied had definitive CTE. How is this research relevant to Veterans?
There are many parallels between concussive injury experienced during contact sports and exposure to blast and concussive injury experienced by Veterans. In addition, many Veterans are athletes, and play football, soccer, baseball, volleyball or participate in boxing. Our research shows that the long-term effects of concussive and blast injuries on the brain can be very similar, regardless of how the brain injuries occurred.
UC Berkeley Research: Specialty mental health probation means fewer rearrests http://bit.ly/2w1jGMo
Placing people with mental illness who have been arrested on “specialty mental health
probation” could lead to fewer rearrests than placing them on traditional probation, a new
study suggests.
Each year, some two million people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental
illnesses are arrested for various crimes, inadvertently turning the US correctional system
into the nation’s primary provider of inpatient psychiatric care. The new study, however,
may offer a partial solution.
Researchers studied the supervision and outcomes of 359 offenders with mental illness,
comparing those who had been placed on traditional probation against those on “specialty
mental health probation,” a program in which probation officers with mental health
expertise use a more individualized, treatment-oriented approach.
Their findings, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association –
Psychiatry, show that 52 percent of traditional probationers were rearrested over a two-year
follow-up period, compared to 29 percent of specialty probationers.
“We found that specialty officers had better relationships with probationers, participated
more in probationers’ treatment, and relied more on positive compliance strategies than
traditional officers,” says study lead author Jennifer Skeem, a professor of social welfare
and of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
UC San Diego Research: Those who develop PTSD after brain injury may also have brain abnormalities http://bit.ly/2w0XP3C
A team of researchers says they have found evidence showing those who develop post-
traumatic stress disorder after a brain injury also have distinct changes in their brains.
Specifically, the amygdala – a region of the brain responsible for regulating emotion – is
significantly larger in those who develop PTSD after a brain injury compared when
compared to those who experienced TBI but not PTSD and healthy individuals.
“Many consider PTSD to be a psychological disorder, but our study found a key physical
difference in the brains of military-trained individuals with brain injury and PTSD,” said Dr.
Joel Pieper, from the University of California, San Diego.
“These findings have the potential to change the way we approach PTSD diagnosis and
Services, based in New York, and Wilshire Associates Inc., based in Santa Monica,
California.
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Additional resources from my blog ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS http://bit.ly/1Gg21LH
EVENTS FOR VETERANS & VETERANS SERVICE PROVIDERS http://bit.ly/1Gg1nOi
VETERANS JOB LISTINGS AND HIRING FAIRS WEBSITES http://bit.ly/19Dz2ay NEWSLETTERS & BLOG FOR VETERANS http://bit.ly/1GQzKjf
"VETERANS IN JUSTICE" LinkedIn Professional Group (VIJ)
Please join us on LinkedIn or Facebook for networking and discussions on the issues regarding
veterans in the criminal justice system. This group's mission is to connect professionals and
advocates who work with and for justice-involved veterans and to share ideas and practices for
assisting those veterans -- from the conditions that lead to justice involvement, through initial
police contact, arrest, criminal case processing, conviction, sentencing, incarceration, and
release. Access our group at http://linkd.in/1947vfS Facebook:
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Join The National Discussion - 1,348 Professionals in VIJ Group
Active Topics
New online tool helps veterans identify legal issues and take action to resolve them
California bill would allow troops and vets to avoid conviction on DUI offenses
Pain Management and Opioid Use with Veterans and Service Members
PTSD/TBI and Discharges
Sexual Assaults in Military Drop, Reporting Goes Up, Annual Report Reveals
ADDRESSING THE FLOW OF VETERANS INTO PRISON
LINKEDIN GROUPS
Military and Veteran Benefit Forum Veteran Mentor Network http://linkd.in/1fOlgOt 28,933 members Institute for Veteran Cultural Studies http://linkd.in/1cz3gq1 NAMI http://linkd.in/1cz3Gg7 BI-IFEA (Brain injury-Ideas for Education & Advocacy) http://linkd.in/1cz4e5V Military-Civilian: Hot Jobs and Careers for Veterans and Their Families http://linkd.in/1c59DkM VETERANS IN JUSTICE GROUP http://linkd.in/12APdMS Cuyahoga County Ohio Veterans and Supporters (Bryan A. McGown "Gunny") http://linkd.in/Zxwx1f Veteran Employment Representatives http://linkd.in/ZxwUcc MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS POST DEPLOYMENT FOR PROVIDERS, COMBAT VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES http://bit.ly/1RVPLFl Midwest Military Outreach, Inc. http://linkd.in/1eiMTkJ Military Veteran Job Fairs & Hiring Conferences http://linkd.in/Zxx4jS Wounded Warrior Resources http://linkd.in/17TMNhJ The Value of a Veteran http://linkd.in/15vD7H4 MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS POST DEPLOYMENT FOR PROVIDERS, COMBAT VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES http://linkd.in/1fkQLA8 (Please email us other groups that you find and think would be informative and useful for our audience)
VETERANS IN THE COURTS INITIATIVE BLOG estrattonconsulting.wordpress.com
To focus this newsletter on veterans-related criminal justice and mental illness issues and to shorten it to a more
manageable size, we have moved our tables & lists of reference materials and other longer term information to retired Justice Stratton's blog. Please follow the links below for that information.
Operation Legal Help Ohio http://bit.ly/1Gg0HbK
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Events: Conferences, Webinars, etc.
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Current Newsletter http://bit.ly/19ovER5
2015 Newsletters http://bit.ly/1FKASAC
Ohio Resources For Veterans http://bit.ly/19ouWn0
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Editor's Note: Thank you to all of the individuals and organizations that provide articles for these news clips
every week. I would especially like to thank and urge you to follow: Marco Bongioanni, MSE Readjustment Counseling Therapist, U.S. Army Veteran,Bronx Vet Center, Bronx, NY Lily Casura, journalist, author and founder of Healing Combat Trauma - the award-winning, first website to
address the issue of combat veterans and PTSD (established February 2006). Lily is also apublic policy grad student, IWMF grantee and NASW award winner.
U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Wayne Gatewood, of Quality Support Inc. Wayne disseminates a daily Veterans News e-mail to an international audience
Dr. Ingrid Herrera-Yee, Project Manager, Military Spouse Mental Health Pipeline, National Military Family Association. Dr. Herrera-Yee is currently a Board Member for the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Military Spouses of Strength, Military Mental Health Project and the National Guard Suicide and Resiliency Council among others. She has also been a special contributor to NBC News, Military Times, Air Force Times, Military Spouse Magazine and BuzzFeed. She spends her free time mentoring spouses through eMentor and Joining Forces. Dr. Herrera-Yee received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard University.
U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) James Hutton, Dep Assistant Secretary (Acting), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Col. US Army (Ret) - Iraq War Veteran.
Justice for Vets, Justice For Vets is a professional services division of the National Association of Drug Court professionals, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Alexandria, VA. Justice for Vets believes that no veteran or military service member should suffer from gaps in service, or the judicial system when they return to their communities. As the stewards of the Veterans Treatment Court movement
Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Pioneer, America's first mental health court dedicated to the decriminalization of people with mental illness
Kathy Platoni, Psy.D., DAAPM, FAIS, Clinical Psychologist, COL (RET), US Army, COL. Ohio Militia, www.drplatoni.com, Veteran ~ Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, (Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan), Co-Author and Co-Editor, Fort Hood Massacre Survivor, National Combat Trauma Expert
Mary Ellen Salzano, founder facilitator of the CA Statewide Collaborative for our Military and Families Patrick W. Welch, PhD, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret), Veterans Advocate & Educator, Buffalo Veterans Treatment
Court - Senior Mentor, Higher Ground New York - Director of Military Programs
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