Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches Co-Sponsors Northeast Conference on Behavioral Health Addictive Disorders
On September 12-15, 2012, BHOPB will be co-sponsoring an all-new conference on behavioral addictive disorders in New Brunswick, NJ in association with the Governors Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA). The conference will highlight and discuss the relationship between trauma and addictive disorders and how they impact victims\’ daily lives and their interactions and long-term relationships with people.
There will be four days of discussions and lectures by some of the most respected and experienced professionals in the addiction care and psychiatric fields, as well as plenty of opportunity to learn new and innovative techniques in addressing trauma-induced addiction at the clinical level. Main topics of the conference will include: The Brain, Neuroscience and Therapy, Complex Trauma and PSD, Relationships, Loneliness and Gender Issues, Co-Occurring Disorders, Prescription Drug Abuse, and Anxiety and Depression.
BHOPB is honored to be the one of the main sponsors of this event and pleased to be a part of such a substantive and informative dialogue. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Albany St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901. For hotel reservations and additional information, please call 888-421-1442.
Dr. French received his doctorate in clinical psychology, focused on assessment, from the George Washington University. He completed fellowships in clinical and experimental neuropsychology at the National Institute of Mental Health and in Neuropsychology, focusing on traumatic brain injury, at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is currently the TBI Service Chief at the hospital and site director for the DVBIC at Walter Reed, where he oversees operations related to the identification and treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injury. He serves or has served on a number of federal or Department of Defense panels on issues in traumatic brain injury, including the Army Surgeon General\’s Taskforce on TBI, and is a frequent speaker on issues of traumatic brain injury in the military. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and is principal investigator on six studies of TBI in returning Service Members.
John M. Violanti, Ph.D. is a research professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (SPM), school of Public Health and Health Professions at the State University of NY Buffalo and a member of the University of Buffalo medical school graduate faculty. He is a police veteran, serving with the New York State Police for 23 years as a trooper, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), and later as a coordinator for the Psychological Assistance Program (EAP) for the New York State Police. Recent projects include the Buffalo Cardio Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) study, research on the health and psychological effects of shift work and police suicide. He is also a respected member of the Law Enforcement Wellness Association. Dr. Violanti conducts clinical research on a host of law enforcement health and wellness issues for the University of Buffalo Department of Social Work and Preventative Medicine. In addition to his research, Dr. Violanti has written and edited several books relating to law enforcement stress and trauma including Police Trauma: Psychological Aftermath of Civilian Combat, Posttraumatic Stress Intervention: Challenges, Issues, and Perspectives and “Copicideâ€: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies of Suicide by Cop. He has been an invited lecturer on topics of police stress and suicide to the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia several times. Prior to his present work with the University of Buffalo, John was a full professor in the Department of criminal justice at the Rochester Institute of technology in Rochester, New York for fifteen years. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1963-66 with the 57th MP Company at USMA, West Point.
Lieutenant Colonel Barb O’Reilly serves as Chief of Deployment Cycle Support and the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program for the Minnesota National Guard. Her mission is to empower leaders, Servicemembers and families by providing relevant training, services, and resources throughout the deployment cycle. Minnesota led the way in developing the training to help Servicemembers and families transition from Warrior to Citizen. They are now leading the way in establishing a program that can be sustained by communities long after the Servicemembers return home.