Downlink for VA Mental Health Forum

Downlink for VA Mental Health Forum

WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, the top mental health clinicians and researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are meeting outside Washington to discuss the Department's mental health program, especially VA services for returning combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Highlights of the conference are available from satellite downlink:

SATELLITE AMC 2
TRANSPONDER K-1
UPLINK FREQUENCY 14020 Horizontal
DOWNLINK FREQUENCY 11720 Vertical
Time 3:15 to 4:15 pm EDT

Testing from 3:15 to 3:45 pm EDT
Feed from 3:45 to 4:15 pm EDT (looped)

Participants include VA's leading mental health clinicians and researchers, including:

-- Dr. Ira Katz, chief of mental health
-- Alfonse Batres, chief of Vet Centers
-- Dr. Matthew Friedman, chief of National PTSD Center
-- Other experts on PTSD, suicide prevention, primary care, plus
-- Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and
-- Dr. Michael Kussman, VA Under Secretary for Health.

Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

CONTACT: Michael Wilker, Technical issues, +1-202-280-8404, or Jose
Llamas, VA Public Affairs, +1-703-969-9238, both of the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs

Web site:

http://www.va.gov/

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