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Invisible Wounds: Serving Returning Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-War Trauma

When : Friday, February 26th, 1:00 to 4:15
Where : Clark County Social Service,
1600 Pinto Lane

Attend this 3 CEU workshop for social work professionals interested in learning a systematic approach in working with Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The workshop will provide a review of the current research, an overview of TBI and PTSD, an overview of evidence based approaches for assessment and treatment of TBI and PTSD, and effect of PTSD/TBI on families and socio-culturally diverse populations. It will involve lecture, case presentations, and discussion of case vignettes in break-out groups.

Gina D. Bien, Ph.D. is a staff neuropsychologist at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, where she established and currently leads the Neuropsychology Service at this VA Medical Center. She specializes in the evaluations of TBI and other neurobehavioral disorders and cognitive rehabilitation with individuals with cognitive impairment. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology, with emphasis in Neuropsychology, at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. She completed her predoctoral internship at Syracuse VA Medical Center, her postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at UCSF School of Medicine and San Francisco General Hospital, and a two-year VA Special Fellowship in Advanced Psychiatry and Psychology at Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine. Her clinical research activities have focused on the relationship between comorbid traumatic brain injury and psychiatric disorders. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 40 in Clinical Neuropsychology, National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), and International Neuropsychological Society (INS).

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