11th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference

Who: Presented by the STRONG STAR Consortium and UT Health San Antonio. International audience of researchers, clinicians, leaders, and policy makers within the military, the VA, academia, and the civilian sector; numerous military personnel, veterans, and community members; students and trainees.

What: Recognized as the premier scientific gathering on the topic of military psychological health, this international conference shares the latest advances in the state of the science on the prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and commonly co-occurring conditions that affect military service members and veterans.

Agenda Highlights: “Profiles in Resilience” speaker Kim “KC” Campbell, retired US Air Force colonel and fighter pilot awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism, will share factors that helped her overcome trauma and include lessons about leadership, vulnerability and courage. The keynote address and a related expert panel will discuss the impact of modern warfare overseas, while another panel discusses international training and implementation of evidence-based treatments. Other highlights will include presentations by leading experts on the neurocognitive impacts of PTSD in service members and youth, burnout among therapists, AI-driven headache prediction, incorporating vagus nerve stimulation and ketamine therapies, exercise-based approaches to care, strategies for optimizing and adapting treatment, as well as improving outcomes related to suicide prevention, anger, and aggression.

Continuing education: 12 CE credits available for the two-day conference.

Separate, optional pre-conference workshop on October 28 at UT San Antonio Downtown Campus offers skills training in Socratic questioning and an additional 4 CE credits.

Learn more and register: www.combatPTSDconference.com