Agenda

8:00 a.m. – Welcome and Housekeeping

– Kelsi Gerwell, PhD

8:15 a.m. – Preparing for the Psychological Health Impact of the Future of Warfare

– Alan Peterson, PhD, ABPP

8:30 a.m. – Brooke Army Medical Center: The Tip of the Spear for Military Medicine

– COL Kevin Kelly, MD, MBA, MSS, FAAFP

8:45 a.m. – Profiles in Resilience Keynote

– Benjamin Hall, MA

9:45 a.m. – Break and Book Signing

10:30 a.m. – How Incorporating Psychological Resiliency into Patient Care is a Force Multiplier to Beat the Toughest Odds: From a Trauma Surgeon’s Perspective

– Joseph F. Alderete, Jr., MD, FAOA

11:00 a.m. – Panel: Psychological Resiliency From an Interdisciplinary Care Team Perspective

– Joseph F. Alderete, Jr., MD, FAOA

– COL Jennifer Gurney, MD

– Marc Esposito, BASc

– Maj Kaitlin Erickson, PhD

– LTC Alicia Williams, MD

– LTC Casey Sabbag, MD

– Raustin Harris, DPT

Moderator: Benjamin Hall, MA

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Invisible Wounds, Visible Burden: Unpacking the Hidden Toll of Combat PTSD on Family Caregivers

– Roxana E. Delgado, PhD, MS, PNAP

1:30 p.m. – Brief Family Involvement in PTSD Treatment: Considerations and Practical Approaches

– Johanna Thompson-Hollands, PhD

2:00 p.m. – Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD: A 3-for-1 Approach for Treating PTSD, Improving Partner Well-Being, and Enhancing Intimate Relationship Functioning

– Steffany Fredman, PhD

2:30 p.m. – Break

3:00 p.m. – Applying Implementation Science for Measurable and Sustainable Impact: What It Really Takes to Make System Wide Change

– Lisa K. Kearney, PhD, ABPP

3:30 p.m. – Can PTSD Treatments Prevent Suicide?

– Craig J. Bryan, PsyD, ABPP

4:00 p.m. – Crisis Response Planning: A Problem-Solving Tool That Saves Lives

– David Rozek, PhD, ABPP

4:30 p.m. – Quantifying and Addressing Veterans’ Needs Nationwide

– Emily Bader, MA

4:45 p.m. – Break

5:00 p.m. – Reception and Poster Session

8:00 a.m. – Welcome and Housekeeping

– Kelsi Gerwell, PhD
– Presentation of the inaugural Dr. Abby E. Seifert Memorial Student Poster Award

8:15 a.m. – Keynote Address: The Promise of MDMA-Assisted CBT in the Treatment of PTSD

– Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP

9:15 a.m. – Cannabis Derivative Drugs for Military and Veteran Chronic Pain

– Don McGeary, PhD, ABPP

9:45 a.m. – Break

10:00 a.m. – Exploring the Intersection of Moral Injury, Alcohol Use, and Self-Compassion

– Shannon Forkus, PhD

10:30 a.m. – Trauma Related Guilt, Shame and Moral Injury: Understanding and Intervention

– Sonya Norman, PhD

11:00 a.m. – Strategies and Techniques to Address Institutional Betrayal: Early Case Examples from a Pilot Study

– Vanessa Jacoby, PhD, ABPP

11:30 a.m. – Towards an Integration of Spirituality in Behavioral Health

– Gerry Grace, PhD, MDiv

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Innovations in Military Psychological Health: Studies Being Launched by STRONG STAR

– Alan Peterson, PhD, ABPP

– Stefanie LoSavio, PhD, ABPP

– Casey Straud, PsyD, ABPP

– Nathan Kimbrel, PhD, & Vanessa Jacoby, PhD, ABPP

– Shannon Miles, PhD, & Vanessa Jacoby, PhD, ABPP

2:00 p.m. – Socratic Questioning for PTSD: Practical Guidance for Clinicians

– Stefanie T. LoSavio, PhD, ABPP

2:30 p.m. – Break

3:00 p.m. – Commonly Encountered Hindrances in PTSD Treatments and How to Overcome Them

– Elna Yadin, PhD

3:30 p.m. – Ask an Expert Clinician

– Gerry Grace, PhD, MDiv

– Elna Yadin, PhD

– Scot D. Engel, PsyD

– Steffany Fredman, PhD

– Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP

– Sonya Norman, PhD

Moderator: Barbara Niles, PhD

4:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks

– Terence M. Keane, PhD