San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference to attract hundreds with focus on improving military psychological health

UT Health San Antonio Newsroom
Oct 14, 2024

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a signature wound of post-9/11 wars, affecting hundreds of thousands of U.S. military service members and veterans. On Oct. 22-23, San Antonio will host an international gathering focused on the latest advances in treating PTSD and its commonly co-occurring conditions and how more of our warfighters can be led to recovery.

The Ninth Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference, presented by the STRONG STAR Consortium and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), will be held downtown at the Briscoe Western Art Museum with a near-capacity crowd expected, of about 400 registrants.

As the only major scientific gathering of its type, the conference draws a worldwide audience of researchers, clinicians, leaders and policymakers in the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and others from academia and the private sector. Numerous military personnel, veterans and community members with an interest in military psychological health also join the proceedings, as do students and professional trainees.

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