Recovery is Community: The PA Statewide Tobacco-Free Recovery Initiative

Tuesday, Feb 21 • 12 pm to 1 pm FREE. Register online. Presented by Tony Klein, MPA, NCACII, & Katie Gassner, CTTS Pennsylvanians who enter recovery from mental and substance use disorders deserve the best care possible. Over the years, we’ve learned that people who are offered evidenced-based tobacco interventions while in treatment for other […]

Caring for Veterans in Crisis: First Responder Summit

FIRST RESPONDER SUMMIT Caring for Veterans in Crisis Wednesday, February 22, 2023 8:30 a.m. - Noon | Registration 8:00 a.m. Blasco Library Hirt Auditorium 160 East Front Street, Erie, PA 16507 Erie VA Medical Center Behavioral Health Clinic and the Erie County Department of Veterans Affairs invite front line workers, police, fire and rescue, and […]

Evaluating the Effects of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on All-Cause Mortality in Veterans

March 9, 2023 | 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET Opioids and benzodiazepines are often prescribed to manage chronic pain. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has convened an expert committee to evaluate the effects of opioids and benzodiazepines on all-cause mortality of veterans, including suicide.The Committee to Evaluate the Effects of Opioids […]

Recovery is Community: Evaluation and Diagnosis of ADD in Adults

Friday, Mar 10 • 12 pm to 1 pm FREE. Register online. Presented by Lisa May, Ph.D. This presentation will review diagnostic criteria for adult ADD diagnoses and review neuropsychological evaluation processes as well as screening tools that can be used. Learning Objectives - Upon completion of this session participants will be able to: · […]

Women Veterans Conference

March is Women Veterans Month Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of PA is proud to sponsor the Women Veterans ConferenceMarch 24-26, 2023Pittsburgh, PAPittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Agenda Includes: Veterans Benefits and how to access proper health care and benefits for women; presentations by several women veterans’ advocacy groups; […]

Motivating Veterans to Engage in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Motivating Veterans to Engage in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 9:30AM PST – 10:30AM MT – 12:30PM EST Location: Virtual Presentation Presented By: Alice Maynor, LCSW Description: Veterans are a unique population to treat for substance use and mental illness due to their background in the military. After ears of having strict […]

Working With Military Families & Their Unique Behavioral Health Needs

This presentation will identify the unique behavioral health needs for military families. It will also provide techniques and interventions for the most effective ways to work with military families and how to support building resiliency. Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM MDT - Online Register online

Improving Access to High-Quality Mental Health Care for Veterans

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a 1.5 day hybrid (virtual and in-person) public workshop on Improving Access to High-Quality Mental Health Care for Veterans on April 21 and April 22, 2023 to explore the current landscape for mental health care services in the United States, including the use of telehealth […]

Building a Bridge to Veterans: Trust Centered Programs, Mental Health & Moral Injury

Building a Bridge to Veterans: Trust Centered Programs, Mental Health & Moral Injury Wednesday April 26th, 2023 12:00-2:00PM EST (11am CST • 10am MT • 9am PST) Location: Virtual Presentation Presented By: Alia Schenck MA, MSW, LCSW-A Description: A look at service delivery, important principles of relational building and cultural awareness for Veterans and family […]

Delivering Hope Through Building Connections

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:30 am – 3:30 pm EST Location: Soldiers & Sailors, Third Floor Ballroom 4141 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Presented By: Melissa Jenkins-Fernández, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist & USAF Veteran Catherine Markosky, CEO & Founder, STAT, Inc. Emily Benjamin, MS, Residential Addiction Counselor, St. Joseph Institute Making personal connections is key to […]

Sleeping Our Way to Preventing Suicide

AFSP Western PA Research Connection Event with Tina R. Goldstein, Ph.D. and Peter Franzen, Ph.D. Join us for our Sleeping Our Way to Preventing Suicide:  How sleep impacts suicide risk...and what we can do about it research connection event with Dr. Tina Goldstein and Dr. Peter Franzen. Hear firsthand what researchers are exploring in the […]

The Landscape of LGBTQ+ Affirming Healthcare in Erie: A Panel Discussion

The Landscape of LGBTQ+ Affirming Healthcare in Erie: A Panel Discussion June 14, 2023 11:30 AM - 1 PM Blasco Library: 160 E Front St, Erie, PA 16507 Contact us at (814) 454-0843 or sfrigon@eriecommunityfoundation.org Register online This is a free event provided by UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor, The LGBT Funds of The […]