Combat Stress Conference
In June 2008, over 400 veterans, members of the United States and Canadian military and civilian social workers gathered on campus to discuss issues concerning combat stress and mental health care for soldiers and veterans. The Combat Stress Conference brought together leading practitioners and thinkers to explore contemporary concerns about veteran and soldier care.
We wish to express our thanks to Give an Hour for their co-sponsorship and The Brown Foundation for their generous support.
Planning Committee
Carolyn Jacobs, Ph.D., Dean and Committee Chair; Kathryn Basham, Ph.D.; Charles Figley, Ph.D., Irene Rodriguez Martin, Ed.D.; Major General Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, Ph.D., ARNP (Ret.); Barbara Romberg, Ph.D.; Jonathan Shay, Ph.D.
How to Listen
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June 26, 2008
Keynote: The Deployment Cycle: Expectations and Implications
Army Col. Carl Castro, Ph.D., Military Operation Medicine Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, Fort Detrick (34:47)
Castro Biography (PDF)
Castro Presentation (PPT)
LTC Mark Chapin, Ph.D., Walter Reed Army Medical Center (59:32)
Chapin Biography (PDF)
Chapin Presentation (PPT)
Reaction Panel
J. Camille Hall, Ph.D., C.P.T., M.S., U.S.A.R., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Hall Biography (PDF)
Laurie Harkness, Ph.D., director, Errera Community Care Center, VA Connecticut Health Care System
Harkness Biography (PDF)
LTC David D. Rabb, M.A., L.I.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., coordinator, Continuum of Care & Transition, VA Menlo Park (24:28)
Rabb Biography (PDF)
Workshops
Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Invisible Wound
Louis French, Ph.D., neuropsychologist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Part 1: 42:17; Part 2: 24:21)
French Biography (PDF)
Coming Home: Refuge or a New Combat Zone for Warfighters, their Partners and Families
Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work (38:18)
Basham Biography (PDF)
Basham Presentation (PPT)
Christopher Storey, M.S.W., staff social worker, VA Puget Sound Health Center
Storey Biography (PDF)
Taylene Watson, M.S.W., director of social work services, VA Puget Sound Health Center (25:32)
Watson Biography (PDF)
Storey-Watson Presentation (PPT)
The Response of Schools of Social Work to the Return of Uniformed Service Members and their Families
Frank R. Baskind, M.S.W., Ph.D., dean, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work (17:07)
Baskind Biography (PDF)
Norma G. Jones, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., B.C.D., commander (USN Retired), associate professor, acting Ph.D. program director, The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work (Norfolk, VA) (13:30)
Jones Biography (PDF)
Carolyn Jacobs, M.S.W., Ph.D., dean, Smith College School for Social Work (17:33)
Jacobs Biography (PDF)
Peter B. Vaughan, M.S.W., Ph.D., dean, Fordham University School of Social Work (15:29)
Vaughan Biography (PDF)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Keynote: The Trials of Homecoming: Odysseus Returns from Iraq/Afghanistan
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D., psychiatrist, Department of Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic; 2008–2012 MacArthur Fellow (Part 1: 29:24, Part 2: 31:38)
Shay Biography (PDF)
Reaction Panel
Barbara Romberg, Ph.D., founder of Give an Hour (25:59)
Romberg Biography (PDF)
Stephen Xenakis, Ph.D., brigadier general (U.S.A., retired), Army Medical Corps (19:10)
Xanikis Biography (PDF)
Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work (17:41)
Basham Biography (PDF)
Workshops
Challenges of Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicide for Soldiers, Veterans and their Families
Alan Bernhardt, Ph.D., director of the Substance Abuse Program, Northampton VA Medical Center (26:59)
Bernhardt Biography (PDF)
Sebrina Posey, LCSW, suicide prevention coordinator, Manchester VA Medical Center (Part 1: 17:04, Part 2: 11:53)
Posey Biography (PDF)
Beyond Combat: Complexity of Mental Health Responses
Barbara Leiner, L.C.S.W.-C., clinical social worker, child & adolescent psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (21:44)
Leiner Biography (PDF)
Nancy Meyer, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., clinical social worker, Outpatient Behavioral Health, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Meyer Biography (PDF)
Reaching Out to Reservists
Jaine Darwin, Ph.D., co-founder
of SOFAR (Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists) (40:30)
Darwin PowerPoint (PDF)
Lisa R. Gorbaty, doctoral student, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (13:47)
Gorbaty Biography (PDF)
Gorbaty Presentation (PPT)
Living with Post Combat Stress: The Voices of Veterans from OIF and Viet Nam
Moderator
LTC Claudia F. Mackie, Ph.D. Behavioral Health Clinic, West Point (6:32)
Mackie Biography (PDF)
Panelists
Reverend James G. Munroe, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam veteran (Part 1: 10:40)
Munroe Biography (PDF)
Lidon A. Chevannes, U.S. Army, Vietnam veteran (9:08)
Chevannes Biography (PDF)
Major Jaime A. Perez-Montalvo, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.; U.S. Army Reserves, Iraq veteran (8:13)
Perez-Montalvo Biography (PDF)
Capt. Maria Kimble, L.C.S.W.: brigade behavioral health officer, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg (9:14)
Munroe Part 2: 10:12
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Keynote: Secondary Trauma and Caregivers
Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., director, Florida State University Traumatology Institute and Psychosocial Stress Research and Development Program; (Figley Part 1: 12:00)
Figley Biography (PDF)
Brian E. Bride, Ph.D., University of Georgia School of Social Work (Bride Part 1: 20:08)
Bride Biography (PDF)
Figley Part 2: 7:20
Bride Part 2: 2:34
Figley Part 3: 8:40
Reaction Panel
Capt. Wayne R. Brockington, M.S.W., Mental Health Services, 17 Wing Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (19:07)
Brockington Biography (PDF)
J. Camille Hall, Ph.D., C.P.T., M.S., U.S.A.R., University of Tennessee at Knoxville (12:28)
Hall Biography (PDF)
Bonnie Carroll, director of TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors); (17:53)
Carroll Biography (PDF)
Keynote: Resiliency and Hope
Rev. Dr. Chaplain John P. Oliver, D. Min., B.C.C., chief, Chaplain Service, Durham VA Medical Center (1:07:40)
Oliver Biography (PDF)
Oliver Presentation (PPT)
Closing Reflections
Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, Ph.D., ARNP, major general (U.S.A., retired), Veterans Health Administration Outreach Liaison to Guard/Reserve and Families (13:59)
Chapman Biography (PDF)
Barbara Romberg, Ph.D., founder of Give an Hour (16:29)
Romberg Biography (PDF)
Carolyn Jacobs, M.S.W., Ph.D., dean, Smith College School for Social Work (14:09)
Jacobs Biography (PDF)
