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2009 Legislative Breakfast

November 6, 2009, 7:30 am - 9:00 am

7:30-9:00am Cougar Cafe,

Frederick Community College

Cost: $20 per person includes hearty breakfast

Keynote Speaker: Robert A. Mays, Jr., Ph.D., MSW

Topic: Mental health issues of active duty soldiers and veterans who are returning and who have returned from war

Robert A. Mays, Jr., Ph.D., MSW (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) is the Deputy Director to the Associate Director for Special Populations, who is responsible for the Office for Special Populations, the Office of Rural Mental Health Research, and the Office of Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

While on continuous active duty as a Behavioral Science Officer, Dr. Mays practiced as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker; a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work; a researcher; and an academician in urban, rural, frontier, remote, and isolated locations in the Republic of South Viet Nam, the Republic of Panama, the Federal Republic of Germany, Thailand, and the United States.

With his background as a Department Chief at Landsthul Army Regional Medical Center, Germany; and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Dr. Mays will be discussing the mental health issues of active duty soldiers and veterans who are returning and who have returned from war.

To view the PowerPoint presention from the event ,click here.

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