Ursano to Lead Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 12:56
in Psychology & Sociology
Robert J. Ursano, M.D., director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress and chairman of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Department of Psychiatry, will lead an interdisciplinary team of four research institutions to carry out a National Institute of Mental Health study - the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army.