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Students learn value of interprofessional collaboration

by Claudia Bustamante

When veterans come home, they may face multiple health challenges—physical, mental and psychological.

To be better prepared to serve them, about 40 students from the University of Southern California and Mount St. Mary’s College participated in an interprofessional workshop aimed at creating collaborative care strategies for veterans and military families.

Held at Mount St. Mary’s College Doheny Campus, the workshop targeted students of health care professions that could serve as first points of contact for veterans entering the health care system, representing Mount St. Mary’s College nursing program, USC School of Social Work Military Social Work and Veteran Services sub-concentration, […]

NATO mental health group visits USC

by Claudia Bustamante

Most national militaries have challenging basic training programs to ensure new members’ physical fitness. Few, however, devote as much time to mental health.

And that may come as a detriment. A growing body of research suggests that targeted mental health training lessens the likelihood of later showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression, or of sleep and substance problems for active duty service members and veterans.

Since 2011, a NATO research task group comprising social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and military trainers from 10 countries has been probing this area.

“If you’re going to teach basic resilience training skills, what would those […]