In October 2009, the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a joint Mental Health Summit that brought together behavioral health experts and leaders from both departments with the goal of developing a strategy that would facilitate coordination for the delivery of mental health services.
The number of Veterans who were homeless on a single night in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Administration's 2012 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness report. According to the report, "Homelessness among veterans has declined by 7.2 percent since 2011 and by 17.2 percent since 2009."
Welcome to the latest edition of CDP News! We like to spend a few moments every Friday looking back on recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
CDP's Dr. Augusto Ruiz talks with Dr. Marvin Podd, Navy Internship Training Director at Walter Reed National Medical Center. In this clip they discuss some of Dr. Podd's best takeaways from his many years at Walter Reed.