Summary: Brad Karlin, PhD, is a vice president and chief of mental health and aging at EDC. He leads EDC’s work with public and private health care systems to promote the dissemination and delivery of evidence-based psychological treatments and to improve mental health and dementia care for older adults. Karlin Read more…
There’s a lot of talk about the “transition process” when it comes to service members and veterans. Of course it’s significant; leaving the military is shifting from one part of our life to another. Whether we serve three years or twenty-three, we move on from one way of life to Read more…
Summary: Kate Hendricks Thomas, PhD is a behavioral medicine researcher and Master Certified Health Education Specialist. She studies evidence-based mental fitness and peak performance and is the author of two books – Brave, Strong, True: The Modern Warrior’s Battle for Balance and Bulletproofing the Psyche. Her TEDx speeches provide a Read more…
Forewarned, Forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory – Miguel de Cervantes My family and I were having a great time. That awesome show, Mythbusters, was going into it’s final season (with the original group). The hosts, Adam and Jamie, were doing a live tour. All of us are Read more…
Summary: Dr. Carmen McLean is a Clinical Psychologist with the Dissemination and Training Division of the National Center for PTSD and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Education: Exchange (Psychology) Lancaster University, 2001. B.A. (Psychology) University of British Columbia, 2002. M.A. (Psychology) University of Nebraska Read more…
Hello, faithful readers! Nothing much today, but this is the best way to get the message out to those who may be listening. I’ve had a computer malfunction, and so will be offline for a few days…likely no blog and no podcast this week. Thanks, as always, for your support! Read more…
I was in a meeting the other day. A community colleague, who supports veterans in applying for their disability, was talking about veterans who came into his office with bad paper. He said these veterans are often told by their chain of command that their negative discharge will be automatically Read more…
Summary: Matthew Wetenkamp is the outreach manager and leads the Outreach and Communications team at the Cohen Military Family Clinic. In this role, he ensures the Cohen Clinic maintains strong partnerships and connections to and within the Denver veteran community, including veteran service organizations (VSO’s), military installations, veterans and their Read more…
Dealing with challenges in mental health after military service can be like being stuck in a tunnel, not knowing where to turn or how to get out. For many veterans, there are a lot of barriers against seeking mental health treatment for challenges related to their military service. Some of Read more…
Life is not a solo act. It’s a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife – Tim Gunn Humans are social creatures. Sure, there are varying degrees of introversion and extroversion that people are Read more…