Effective Strategies for Working with Justice-Involved Veterans with Behavioral Health Needs

Join Us on September 1, 2011 (2:00-3:15 pm EDT)

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Overview

There are an estimated 23.4 million veterans in the United States and 2.2 million military service members. More than two million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since September 11, 2001. Many service members returning from deployment are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders and may come into contact with justice system. This webinar will examine strategies for the identification, engagement, and community-based treatment of veterans with behavioral health needs who have come in contact with the criminal justice system.

Presenters

Larke N. Huang, Ph.D., a licensed clinical-community psychologist, is a Senior Advisor in the Administrator's Office of Policy Planning and Innovation at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position she provides leadership on national policy for mental health and substance use issues for children, adolescents and families and leads the Administrator's strategic initiative on Trauma and Justice. She is also the Director of SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity which was legislated by the Affordable Care Act.

David Morrissette, Ph.D., is a Social Science Analyst at SAMHSA and Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. As a licensed clinical social worker, he leads Mental Health Team 1 made up of, Public Health Service officers on call to provide behavioral health care to individuals and communities recovering from disasters. He manages grant programs at SAMHSA that fund the diversion of persons with behavioral health conditions to community treatment at arrest, booking or court appearances, including the Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery - Priority to Veterans initiative.

Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., has been President of Policy Research Associates, Inc., since he founded it in 1987. Previously, Dr. Steadman ran a nationally known research bureau for 17 years for the New York State Office of Mental Health. He is the author of eight books, over 130 journal articles, 20 chapters, and numerous reports. Dr. Steadman is the Director of the SAMHSA National GAINS Center and Principal Investigator of a juvenile mental health court study funded by the National Institute of Justice.

Jim Tackett, B.A., is the Director of Veterans Services with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, where he is responsible for the Military Support Program, the National Guard Embedded Clinician Program, the Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery Services for Veterans Program, and the Veterans Resource Representative Training Program. He is also an advisor to the Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police Peer Support program -- State Troopers Offering Peer Support.

Nicholas Meyer, B.A., is a Project Assistant at Policy Research Associates, Inc., working on SAMHSA's support of behavioral health systems serving service members, veterans, and their families. He is a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps with three tours of duty to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.