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New USC report finds most veterans return to Los Angeles unprepared for civilian life

Few veteran services focus on prevention of chronic conditions, like unemployment and homelessness

LOS ANGELES — Many service members leaving the military and returning to Los Angeles County are not prepared for the transition home and have a range of needs that cannot be easily provided by a single organization, according to a new University of Southern California School of Social Work report released Tuesday.

“The State of the American Veteran: The Los Angeles County Veterans Study” by the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families outlines the findings of a survey conducted fall 2013 of […]

Visiting scholar brings Israeli military expertise to American research, training

by Claudia Bustamante

For the next year, the USC School of Social Work will benefit from the research and practical expertise of the Israeli Defense Forces mental health department.

Eyal Fruchter, a colonel and former head of the Mental Health Division in the Israeli Medical Corps, has joined the school as a visiting scholar, focusing his yearlong tenure here on researching post-traumatic stress disorder, mental health resiliency and leadership from a multicultural perspective. Fruchter will also focus on augmenting the education and training of mental health officers through the creation of online courses and establishment of regular group meetings.

The latter is an […]