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January 9, 2009

NIMH Staff Honored for Work on Behalf of Returning Veterans

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NIMH.pngSeveral NIMH staff members were recognized this week for extraordinary creativity and program efficiency in launching new research initiatives focused on the mental health needs of military service members, veterans and their families. These staff developed a new research initiatives seeking grants designed to describe and evaluate national, state and local programs that address the mental health needs of returning service members and their families as well new research efforts in response to reports of substantial mental distress and adjustment difficulties among military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and among their family members.

The NIMH awardees are: Robert K. Heinssen Jr., David A. Chambers, Jovier D. Evans, Steven A. Gerber, Amy B. Goldstein, Lauren D. Hill, Robert A. Mays Jr., Jane L. Pearson, Michael Schoenbaum, Farris Tuma, Sc.D., Christine M. Ulbricht, Philip Wang. It's great to see these people recognized for their important efforts.

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