The 13th Annual VA Community Mental Health Summit will have presentations on moral injury, PTSD and family relations, inequities in women Veteran mental health care, and more!

SUMMIT AGENDA
08:00 – 08:20 Set-up/ Vendors/Registration
08:00 - 08:40 Registration/Networking/Vendors
08:40 – 08:55 Welcome - MHBS, Veterans and Stigma Opening Ceremony - Color Guard, National Anthem 
08:55 – 09:00 Welcome and Intro to the day's agenda
09:00 - 10:30 Keynote: Ethics of Stigma and Unconscious Bias in Health Care 
10:30 - 10:45 Break/Networking/Vendors
10:45 - 11:45 Breakout 1A – Barriers in Women Veterans’ Mental Health Care and How to Overcome Them 
10:45 - 11:45 Breakout 1B– Veteran Stigma & Impact on Employment
12:00- 13:15 LUNCH on your own/Networking/Vendors
13:15 - 14:15 Breakout 2A – S.A.V.E. Training for Suicide Prevention (Signs, Ask, Validate, Encourage) 
13:15 - 14:15 Breakout 2B - Collaboration of Mental Health Providers with Spiritual Leaders in Healing Veterans with Moral Injury
14:15 - 14:25 Break
14:25 - 15:30 Breakout 3A – From Struggle to Strength: Building Resilient Relationships Amidst Posttraumatic Stress 
14:25 - 15:30 Breakout 3B – Out of the Ashes (Homelessness, PTSD, SUD, etc.) 
15:30 - 15:45 WRAP UP

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