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Trauma Management Therapy Program Newsletter

PTSD Treatment Center University of Central Florida

What’s New at the Clinic? The UCF Trauma Management Therapy

Program is continuing to recruit for participants in both our 17-week program and 3-week intensive program. All participants are treated with exposure therapy, currently the most scientifically supported treatment for

PTSD. Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan is a software program used to augment exposure therapy

by adding sights, sounds, and smells associated with the traumatic event. This clinical research program is funded by the

Dept. of Defense and is offered to participants at no cost. The treatment is available to all

personnel (active duty, veteran, reserve, guard, and civilian contractors) who have served in OIF

and/or OEF and are suffering from combat-

related PTSD. Participants in the 3-

week program will also be offered lodging at no

cost. For more information, please

contact Dr. Sandra Neer at 407-823-1668.

For more information on the UCF Anxiety Clinic

Website: http://ucfptsd.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TraumaManagementTherapy

Or contact Samantha.Carter@ucf.edu

The UCF Trauma Management Therapy Program was recently

featured on CNN News. Dr. Deborah Beidel and Iraq/Afghanistan veteran, 1st Sgt. Kevin Todd, who participated in our treatment program for PTSD, explain the process of adding virtual

reality to exposure therapy. To see the CNN interview, go to:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video

/bestoftv/2012/09/23/exp-combating-ptsd-using-scent.cnn

Veterans Week at UCF

Tuesday, November 13 Veterans Commemoration

9 AM to 10 AM, Memory Mall

Veterans Academic Resource Center Open House 10 AM to 11 AM, VARC UCF Arena, Suite 101

“Think Like a Veteran” Letter Writing Campaign

8 AM to 5 PM, Student Outreach Services Lounges UCF Cocoa and Palm Bay Campuses

Care Packages for our Troops in Afghanistan

Packing Party 2 PM to 4 PM, Colbourn Hall Room 516

Wednesday, November 14

Serving Our Vets Market Day Showcase 11 AM to 2 PM, Student Union Patio

Thursday, November 15 Movie Night, Double Feature

Why We Fight, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Twelve O’clock High, 8 PM to 10 PM

Friday, November 16

Research Colloquium Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Trauma Management Therapy 10:30 AM to 12 PM, PSY 105

Jeremy Stout, Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology

Upcoming Events

Family Adventure Day: American Heroes

Nov. 4 from 1 PM to 3 PM Orange County Regional History

Center $5 per child, adults free.

(407) 836-8580

Vehicles for Veterans Car Show Nov. 10 @ 10 AM

Dwell Apartment Complex $10-$35

(407) 538-2490

Ruck Sack March We are a Rest Area Sponsor

Stop by and visit! Saturday, Nov. 17

Registration Opens at 6 AM University of Central Florida

Event sponsored by the Camaraderie Foundation, Inc.

Pet-a-Palooza

The Seminole Soccer Fields 1900 Seminole Soccer Loop

Sanford, FL. Dec. 1, 11 AM to 5 PM

Come visit us at our booth at the Pet-a-Palooza for more information about our

treatment program

Jeremy Stout, an OIF Marine Infantry veteran, joined the TMT program in June 2012, just prior to entering the University of Central Florida’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. Jeremy received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in May 2012 from the College of William and Mary, and was married one week later. Specializing in anxiety disorders, Jeremy is currently involved in research concerning combat veterans and sleep disorders. Jeremy hopes to use his military and combat experience to enhance the facilitation of treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.