Tia Christopher will discuss the prevalence and epidemiology of military sexual violence (MST) and the health correlates of MST and PTSD; the mental, emotional and physical consequences of MST for the victims; the cost of MST for the military, including effects on morale, enlistment, and suicide; and government efforts to prevent MST, focusing on efforts to protect the victims and changing military training to enforce a culture of service. Hillary Wandler will discuss issues in the structure of the current military health care as it relates to veterans, with special focus on the military culture (“the Warrior Ethos”), the mental health workforce factors, and financial barriers. The program also touches upon cultural and ethnic disparities, co-morbidities of mental health disorders with physical illness and substance abuse; meeting the challenges of treating veterans with culturally compliant care; quality and type of successful mental health services; and the outlook for the future.
1 CLE Credit Hour
This program was recorded on September 26, 2013, at Federal Bar's Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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