Working with Families of Military and Veterans
Jaine Darwin, Psy.D., instructor
Online: September 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
This program provides an overview of how to work with family members of military and veterans who have served in a combat zone. Information is provided regarding the demographics of the population and kinds of problems seen in both family members and veterans. It discusses interventions intended to prevent the development of mental health problems and how to identify problems when they occur. The program also addresses the stigmas of seeking mental health services and offers recommendations for treatment.
Specific learning objectives:
· Discuss the scope to which family members are impacted by military service and the return of a relative in a combat zone
· Identify modes of support and intervention, including psycho-education, training gatekeepers and direct treatment
· Describe the need for cultural competency for clinicians working with families of military and veterans
Program Code: FMV14-5
1 CE Credit for psychologists, RNs and educators
Please Note: This program is not approved for social worker and LMHC CE credits.
Fee: $25
Faculty Biography
Jaine Darwin, Psy.D., ABPP, is a psychologist-psychoanalyst who was a Co-Founder and Co-Director of SOFAR: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists, a pro bono mental health project that provided support, psycho-education, psychotherapy and prevention services to extended family members of military and veterans serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from deployment through reintegration. She is a Clinical Supervisor at the Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance and is a Clinical Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. She is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and is a past president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. She writes and lectures on the challenges for families of service members in combat and upon return.
Bibliography
Darwin, J. (2008). PTSD, its symptoms, how family and friends can help the veteran. In War’s Returning Wounded, Injured and Ill: A Handbook, edited by Ainspan, N. and Penk, W., West Port, Ct., Praeger Press
Gibbs, D. A., Martin, S. L., Kupper, L. L., & Johnson, R. E. (2007). Child maltreatment in enlisted soldiers’ families during combat-related deployments. Journal of American Medical Association , 298 (5), 528–535
Tanielian, T., & Jaycox, L. (Eds.). (2008). The invisible wounds of war . Retrieved June 12, 2008, from http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RANDMG720.pdf