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VA National Mental Health Recovery & Wellness Webinar Series

VA Mental Health Recovery & Wellness Webinar Series

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The VA National Mental Health Recovery & Wellness Webinar Series is sponsored in partnership by the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Services Section in the OMHSP, the VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) and the Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System. The webinars are focused on presenting advancements in recovery-focused mental health care occurring in the VHA and community. The webinars occur at 12:00pm ET the second Tuesday of each month. Now they are available here on demand!

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Date	Recovery and Wellness Webinars
February 14, 2023	Evaluating the use of Peer Specialists to Support Suicide Prevention
January 10, 2023	Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging: The Role of Psychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation in Suicide Prevention
November 8, 2022	VA Training Opportunities in Mental Health Research and Treatment
October 18, 2022	Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Veterans Health Administration: What Services are Available, How to Access Them, and Research Findings Speakers: Kristen Abraham, PhD & Shana Bakken, PhD
October 11, 2022	Understanding Aggression Among Veterans: Risk-Factors, Assessment, and Treatment Speaker: Alison Krauss, PhD
September 13, 2022	Connecting Veterans with Early Psychosis to VA Mental Health Services Speakers: Melanie Bennett, PhD & Alicia Lucksted, PhD
August 9, 2022	Evidence-Informed Strategies and Clinical Resources to Advance Suicide Prevention in Women Veterans Speaker: Jennifer Strauss, PhD
July 12, 2022	How to Understand and Support Recovery for Black Individuals in the US Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Speaker: Arundati Nagendra, PhD
June 14, 2022	Addressing Race-Based Stress and Racial Trauma Speaker: Maurice Endsley, Jr., PhD
May 10, 2022	Using VA Mobile Mental Health Apps to Support Recovery and Wellness Speaker: Colleen Becket-Davenport,PsyD
April 12, 2022	A Brief Cultural Identity Assessment for Clinical Care Speaker: Mary Katherine Howell, PhD
March 8, 2022	Vocational Rehabilitation Service Programs & The Benefits of Work Speaker: Joseph Carlomagno, M.Ed
February 8, 2022	Peer-based Whole Health Coaching: A New Approach to Care for Homeless Veterans Speaker: Daniel Blonigen, PhD
January 11, 2022	VA Interventions for Social Isolation: Social Prescribing as the Future of Healthcare Speakers: Lori Murphy, LISW-S & Prince Taylor, M.Ed
December 14, 2021	VA & Community Partnerships: Supporting Preparedness and Strengthening Response Speakers: Tamar Wyte-Lake, DPT, MPH, Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH, Felix Acevedo, PhD, CEM, Reginald Kornegay, MaSSS, CHEP, SEM, VPS, James Payne, MS, CEM, CHEC, and Peter W. Brewster, BS
November 9, 2021	Evidence-Informed Progress Through Process: Implementing a Process-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Approach in VHA Speaker: Karen O'Brien, Ph.D.
October 21, 2021	Telling Your Story as a Peer Specialist, Tools and Tips Speaker: Kenneth A. Vick
September 14, 2021	Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging: The Role of Psychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation in Suicide Prevention Speakers: Timothy R. Smith, Ph.D., Shana K. Bakken, Ph.D., CRC, and Daniel W. Bradford, M.D., MPH
August 10,2021	Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) as a Resource for Recovery-Oriented Programming Speakers: Michelle Andra, Ph.D. & Alicia Lucksted, Ph.D.
May 11, 2021	VA Connection Plans: An Introduction and Clinical Training on a Social Connection Intervention Speakers: Amanda Peeples, Ph.D., Samantha Hack, Ph.D., LMSW, & Anjana Muralidharan, Ph.D.
April 13, 2021	The Role of VA Peer Specialists in Supporting Physical Health And Wellness Speaker: Anjana Muralidharan, Ph.D.
March 09, 2021	Video Games and Gaming Communities in Mental Health Recovery Speakers: Michelle Carras, Ph.D. & Mathew Bergendahl, MS, NCC, LPC
February 09, 2021	Promoting Recovery, Resilience and Suicide Prevention With Holistic and Spiritually Integrated Treatments: Taking Care of Our Veterans and Ourselves Speaker: Donna Ames, M.D.
January 12, 2021	A Win-Win: Trainees as Promoters of Recovery on Inpatient Mental Health Units Speakers: Blaire Ehret, Ph.D., Dimitri Perivoliotis, Ph.D., Yuliana Gallegos Rodríguez, Ph.D., & Tamara Rumburg, Ph.D.
December 8, 2020	Firearms and Suicide: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Tools in Lethal Means Safety Counseling Speakers: Lauren Lovato Jackson, Ph.D. & Meredith Sears, Ph.D.
November 10, 2020	Mental Health Recovery and Wellness: Evaluation of Recovery-Oriented Acute INpatient Mental Healthcare (RAIN-MH) Speaker: Alan McGuire, Ph.D.
October 13, 2020	Evaluating Use of Peer Support Specialists to Deliver Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training Speaker: Matthew Chinman, Ph.D.
September 8, 2020	Dialectical Behavior Therapy Implementation and Initial Outcomes at the Baltimore and DC VA Medical Centers Speakers: Lea Didion, Psy.D., Jessica Grossmann, Ph.D., and Peter Phalen, Psy.D.

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Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Services Section in the OMHSP

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VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center

VA Employee Education System
Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System

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VA National Mental Health Recovery & Wellness Webinar Series

Evaluating the use of Peer Specialists to Support Suicide Prevention

Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging: The Role of Psychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation in Suicide Prevention

VA Training Opportunities in Mental Health Research and Treatment

Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Veterans Health Administration: What Services are Available, How to Access Them, and Research Findings

Speakers: Kristen Abraham, PhD & Shana Bakken, PhD

Understanding Aggression Among Veterans: Risk-Factors, Assessment, and Treatment

Speaker: Alison Krauss, PhD

Connecting Veterans with Early Psychosis to VA Mental Health Services

Speakers: Melanie Bennett, PhD & Alicia Lucksted, PhD

Evidence-Informed Strategies and Clinical Resources to Advance Suicide Prevention in Women Veterans

Speaker: Jennifer Strauss, PhD

How to Understand and Support Recovery for Black Individuals in the US Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

Speaker: Arundati Nagendra, PhD

Addressing Race-Based Stress and Racial Trauma

Speaker: Maurice Endsley, Jr., PhD

Using VA Mobile Mental Health Apps to Support Recovery and Wellness

Speaker: Colleen Becket-Davenport,PsyD

A Brief Cultural Identity Assessment for Clinical Care

Speaker: Mary Katherine Howell, PhD

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Programs & The Benefits of Work

Speaker: Joseph Carlomagno, M.Ed

Peer-based Whole Health Coaching: A New Approach to Care for Homeless Veterans

Speaker: Daniel Blonigen, PhD

VA Interventions for Social Isolation: Social Prescribing as the Future of Healthcare

Speakers: Lori Murphy, LISW-S & Prince Taylor, M.Ed

VA & Community Partnerships: Supporting Preparedness and Strengthening Response

Speakers: Tamar Wyte-Lake, DPT, MPH, Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH, Felix Acevedo, PhD, CEM, Reginald Kornegay, MaSSS, CHEP, SEM, VPS, James Payne, MS, CEM, CHEC, and Peter W. Brewster, BS

Evidence-Informed Progress Through Process: Implementing a Process-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Approach in VHA

Speaker: Karen O'Brien, Ph.D.

Telling Your Story as a Peer Specialist, Tools and Tips

Speaker: Kenneth A. Vick

Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging: The Role of Psychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation in Suicide Prevention

Speakers: Timothy R. Smith, Ph.D., Shana K. Bakken, Ph.D., CRC, and Daniel W. Bradford, M.D., MPH

Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) as a Resource for Recovery-Oriented Programming

Speakers: Michelle Andra, Ph.D. & Alicia Lucksted, Ph.D.

VA Connection Plans: An Introduction and Clinical Training on a Social Connection Intervention

Speakers: Amanda Peeples, Ph.D., Samantha Hack, Ph.D., LMSW, & Anjana Muralidharan, Ph.D.

The Role of VA Peer Specialists in Supporting Physical Health And Wellness

Speaker: Anjana Muralidharan, Ph.D.

Video Games and Gaming Communities in Mental Health Recovery

Speakers: Michelle Carras, Ph.D. & Mathew Bergendahl, MS, NCC, LPC

Promoting Recovery, Resilience and Suicide Prevention With Holistic and Spiritually Integrated Treatments: Taking Care of Our Veterans and Ourselves

Speaker: Donna Ames, M.D.

A Win-Win: Trainees as Promoters of Recovery on Inpatient Mental Health Units

Speakers: Blaire Ehret, Ph.D., Dimitri Perivoliotis, Ph.D., Yuliana Gallegos Rodríguez, Ph.D., & Tamara Rumburg, Ph.D.

Firearms and Suicide: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Tools in Lethal Means Safety Counseling

Speakers: Lauren Lovato Jackson, Ph.D. & Meredith Sears, Ph.D.

Mental Health Recovery and Wellness: Evaluation of Recovery-Oriented Acute INpatient Mental Healthcare (RAIN-MH)

Speaker: Alan McGuire, Ph.D.

Evaluating Use of Peer Support Specialists to Deliver Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training

Speaker: Matthew Chinman, Ph.D.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Implementation and Initial Outcomes at the Baltimore and DC VA Medical Centers

Speakers: Lea Didion, Psy.D., Jessica Grossmann, Ph.D., and Peter Phalen, Psy.D.

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