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PRESIDENTIAL SESSIONS TOPIC Treating Sexual Trauma Members of the armed forces experiencing military sexual trauma (MST) face considerable mental health issues, particularly PTSD. In both paper sessions and symposia, presenters will discuss innovative and evidencebased interventions to address the needs of military personnel affected by MST. Treating Children and Spouses Issues facing returning veterans not only affect them but can burden their families, causing depression and anxiety as well as physical health problems. Presenters will address assessment procedures and effective therapeutic interventions to ameliorate the effects of deployment on spouses and children. Assessment and Treatment It is estimated that the suicide rate of veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is three times as high as that of the civilian population. Presenters will discuss innovative measures to assess the mental health sequelae of combat experience and evidence-based but innovative means of intervening in the effects of combat and deployment on the mental health of military personnel and veterans. Times and dates are subject to change. WEDNESDAY, 7/31 8:00-8:50 AM Reauthoring Health: Empowering Female Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma–Joan L. Biever, PhD, et al., CC, RM 321B, CES 9:00-9:50 AM Treating Sexual Trauma in Military Personnel–Wendy S. David, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B 10:00-10:50 AM Improving Military Cultural Competency, Practice Behavior, and Confidence in Community Providers–Sherrie L. Wilcox, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B, CES 11:00-11:50 AM Suicide Prevention, RiskManagement, and Postintervention Practices in the U.S. Military and the VA–Bruce Bongar, PhD, David M. Rudd, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B, CES 12:00-12:50 PM Psychological Treatment of Military Personnel–Stephen C. Messer, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B APA President Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD, highlights the research and work of leading experts in the field of military psychology THURSDAY, 8/1 FRIDAY, 8/2 8:00-9:50 AM After Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Competent Care of LGBT Service Members in a Time of Transition–W. Brad Johnson, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B, CES 8:00-8:50 AM Psychological Treatment of Veterans I–Bradley E. Karlin, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B 10:00-10:50 AM Psychological Treatment of Veterans II–Diane T. Castillo, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B Assessing Psychological Disorders in Military Personnel– Kathryn J. Holloway, MA, et al., CC, RM 301B 11:00-11:50 AM Iraq and Afghanistan Era Women Veterans’ Mental Health– Michelle L. Kelley, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B 9:00-9:50 AM 10:00-10:50 AM Time Perspective Therapy: New and Effective Cure for PTSD in Vets and Civilians–Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B, CES 11:00-11:50 AM Reaching Veterans When and Where They Need Us: Innovations to Optimize Engagement in Care–Wendy N. Tenhula, PhD, Arthur M. Nezu, PhD, et al., CC, RM 301B, CES SATURDAY, 8/3 10:00-11:50 AM Presidential Address and Cultural Diversity Awards Protecting Victims of Violent Patients While Protecting Confidentiality–Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD, CC, RM 301B Should psychologists be required to report threats of violence to the potential victim and police? APA President Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD, will discuss alternatives to breaching confidentiality. Dr. Bersoff will also present Diversity Awards to three graduate departments that successfully recruit and graduate doctoral students who are U.S.-born ethnic minorities as well as U.S. residents born outside of the United States. http://www.apa.org/convention/programming/presidential/index.aspx http://www.apa.org/convention/programming/presidential/index.aspx http://www.apa.org/convention/programming/apa-events/presidential-address/index.aspx

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