Toledo VA to hold Veteran Mental Health Summit

What: Northwest Ohio Veteran Mental Health Summit sponsored by the VA Ann Arba Healthcare System & VA Toledo Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

Purpose: The goal of the Northwest Ohio Veteran Mental Health Summit is to gather stakeholders in a collaborative environment to fecilitatebridging programs and resources to benefit Veterans and their families.

When: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Who: Presentations by VA Toledo Community Based Outpatient Clinic Mental Health Clinic Staff and Keynote Presentation by Captain Stacy Krauss, PsyD, U.S. Army.

Community mental health agencies and/or providers interested in attending should contact Leslie Witherell at (567) 225-3739 a via email at leslie.witherell@va.gov.

Where: University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, The Collier Building, 1150 East Medical Loop, Room 1000.

About the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System: Since 1953, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (which includes the VA Ann Arbor Medical Center, the VA Toledo Community Based Out-patient Clinic [CBOC], the VA Flint CBOC, and the VA Jackson CBOC, as well as the VA Center of Excellence for Practice Management and Outcomes Research) has provided state-of-the-arthealthcareservices to the men and women who have proudly served our nation. More than 65,000 Veterans living in a 15-county area of Michigan and northwest Ohio utilized the VAAAHS in fiscal year 2014. The Ann Arba Medical Center also serves as a referral center for specialty care.