31 May 2013 - Spend some time with Kathleen Chard, PhD, at the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center facility in Ft. Thomas, Ky., and it’s obvious how much she cares about her patients. As she leads a tour of the space occupied by the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Anxiety Disorders Division, she’s greeted with enthusiasm by patients and staff alike. Returning the greetings with equal enthusiasm, she demonstrates how important the program is to the well-being of the thousands of veterans who have been successfully treated during her nine years at the center.As director of the PTSD and Anxiety Disorders Division, Chard is responsible for a sprawling program that is well suited to the quiet Ft. Thomas campus about eight miles from the main VA campus near the UC College of Medicine, where Chard is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry. Its components include both outpatient and residential (seven-week) PTSD programs for men and women, plus an intensive eight-week residential program for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI)/PTSD and telehealth services to VA clinics throughout Ohio. Male and female military veterans of all eras are eligible for services at VA facilities, and the trauma does not have to be confined to their years in the military. read more>>>
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