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USC leads international discussion on moral injury

by Claudia Bustamante

The University of Southern California was awarded a competitive $35,000 grant from the Borchard Foundation Center on International Education to convene a colloquium about the long-term effects of war on communities.

Set in the French countryside of Brittany at the Château de la Bretesche, the June colloquium brought together a diverse group of international experts in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and medicine, along with historians and chaplains, to discuss moral injury–a concept that is gaining in prominence as the third invisible wound of war. The colloquium was co-organized by Carl Castro, associate professor and director […]

By |August 25th, 2016|News, Research|0 Comments

USC military center to take over work begun by MSW students

A nationally recognized nonprofit begun by a group of USC School of Social Work students has found a new home within the school’s military research center.

The Military Acceptance Project, which began in 2011 as a student initiative, provided information and resources to lesbian, gay and bisexual service members before the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the law barring these individuals from openly serving in the military. MAP’s work in promoting equality and acceptance among military service members, veterans and their families, received White House recognition in 2012 as a Champion of Change.

The San Diego-based nonprofit will now be housed […]

By |August 1st, 2016|Research, Students|0 Comments