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Fall 2020 |
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A Publication of VISN 5 MIRECC
MIRECC Matters
Putting Recovery Into Practice
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The VISN 5 MIRECC is committed to supporting and enhancing the recovery of Veterans with serious mental illness. Our newsletter is now focused on supporting that mission too!
Quick Feature Focus:
VISN 5 MIRECC Investigator, Dr. Julie Kreyenbuhl and colleagues, recently had their work on metabolic side effects of psychiatric medications with women Veterans featured in the VA Insider! Check out the blog or link to it from our Home Page November 2020 News Spotlight!
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Inside the Fall 2020 issue:
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The VISN 5 MIRECC’s mission is to support and enhance the recovery and community functioning of Veterans with mental health disorders. In keeping with that mission, we have partnered with the VA Mental Health Lived Experience (MHLE) Community of Practice to support VA staff with MHLE and the VA as a welcoming, stigma-free organization.
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In this Straight from the Investigator article, Dr. Elizabeth Klingaman describes the guidelines she developed for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Veterans with psychosis. She outlines her next steps to see if using these guidelines will help improve sleep and functioning and have any longer-term benefits for Veterans living with psychosis and insomnia. Click below to read more about her important work!
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Small Grants for Recovery Corner:
Supporting the availability of evidenced-based care is an important part of advancing recovery. See how our Small Grants for Recovery Program is doing just that!
The VISN 5 MIRECC supports recovery-oriented efforts throughout VISN 5 through the Small Grants Program for Recovery. A recent effort supported training clinical staff in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression (ACT-D). Click below to learn more! |
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The VISN 5 MIRECC Small Grants for Recovery program also supported the comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Clinical Service at the DC VA Medical Center. Click below to read more about this exciting effort!
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VISN 5 MIRECC
Baltimore VAMC Annex Building
209 W. Fayette Street,
7th Floor,
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-637-1850
Putting Recovery Into Practice
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MIRECC DIRECTOR
Richard Goldberg, Ph.D.
MIRECC ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
David Czajkowski
RESEARCH CORE
Associate Director: Julie Kreyenbuhl, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Director: Robert Buchanan, MD
EDUCATION CORE
Co-Associate Director: Melanie Bennett, Ph.D.
Co-Associate Director: Samantha Hack, Ph.D.
Coordinator: Ralf Schneider, MA, CPRP
CLINICAL CORE
Associate Director: Amy Drapalski, Ph.D.
Assistant Director: Anjana Muralidharan, Ph.D.
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MIRECC MATTERS EDITOR
Joanna Strong Kinnaman, Ph.D.
MIRECC MATTERS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ralf Schneider, MA, CPRP
PHOTO CREDITS
Dr. Goldberg's photo: Medical Media, VA Maryland Health Care System
University of Maryland School of Medicine
MIRECC MATTERS
An electronic publication of the
VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5)
Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
(MIRECC)
www.mirecc.va.gov/visn5
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