Webinar Series
NEXT UP: December 11, 2024 at 12-1PM
Addressing Loneliness in Veterans:
Exploring Links with Suicide Risk and Interventions
with Richard Glisker, PhD
Purpose Statement:
The purpose of this live, knowledge-based virtual presentation for interprofessional healthcare teams is to explain the important link between loneliness and suicide risk, which is an urgent problem in veterans. The presentation will describe the relationship between loneliness and suicide risk, both in the general population and in veterans, and review potential risk factors and associated outcomes of increased loneliness. In addition, the presentation will describe several psychosocial interventions that aim to reduce loneliness by targeting specific factors, such as maladaptive social cognition. This presentation aims to fill the knowledge gap concerning loneliness and suicide, and will provide information to help improve veteran care.
Outcome/Objectives:
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
1. explain the links between loneliness and suicide risk in the general population and in Veterans; and
2. describe psychosocial interventions targeting loneliness.
Program Description:
The VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) pursues a discovery-to-recovery approach to determine the causes, identify predictors, and develop treatments for individuals with SMI, with emphasis on psychosis and on suicide. The topics for this series consist of innovative treatments that we have created/tested and insights from research that have helped to inform clinical care.
Target Audience:
Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Counselors, and Therapists
Accreditations (1 CE): ACCME, ACCME-NP, APA, ASWB, JA IPCE, NBCC, NYSED SW, NYSED Psychology
Registration:
VA Providers (TMS #131014485)
Non-VA Providers (TRAIN #1124779)
PRESENTER:
Richard Glisker, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and a current VA MIRECC Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow at the VISN 2 MIRECC, located at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY. He completed his doctoral training at Long Island University, Brooklyn in 2023. His doctoral research focused on topics related to attachment security, emotion regulation difficulties, and social cognition in non-clinical schizotypy. He recently published the results of this dissertation work related to examining theory of mind impairments in multidimensional schizotypy. His current research is focused on exploring psychological factors contributing to loneliness to identify potential intervention targets in reducing suicide risk in veterans. He is currently preparing a scoping review of the literature on this topic.
Additional Information for TMS Registration:
Questions?
Non-VA employees, please contact the VHA TRAIN Help Desk by email at VHATRAIN@va.gov.
VA employees, please contact Lauran Hardy at Lauran.Hardy@va.gov.
Last updated: December 4, 2024
