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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:33 AM Nov 2014

Senate VA committee hearing today on mental health and suicide

http://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings/veterans-mental-health-and-suicide111914

Mental Health and Suicide Among Veterans

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Russell Senate Office Building SR-418

Agenda

PANEL I

Harold Kudler, MD, Chief Consultant for Mental Health Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied By:

Caitlin Thompson, PhD, Deputy Director, Suicide Prevention

Dean D. Krahn, MD, Deputy Director, Office of Mental Health Operations\


PANEL II

Susan Selke, mother of Clay Hunt, a deceased Marine Corps combat veteran

Valerie Pallotta, mother of Joshua Pallotta, a deceased Vermont National Guard combat veteran

Vincent Vanata, MSgt, USMC (Ret.), Combat Stress Recovery Program Participant, Wounded Warrior Project

Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, COL, USA (Ret.), Chief Clinical Officer, District of Columbia’s Department of Mental Health

Blayne Smith, Executive Director, Team Red, White and Blue

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