Article: Military Director Underscores Need for 'Battlemind Training' at Smith College Conference.

Byline: Smith College

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A U.S. Army director whose research documented the psychological effects of tours in Iraq and Afghanistan on more than 6,200 members of the military recently offered lessons for mental health workers now treating veterans of those wars.

Lt. Col. Carl Castro, director of military operations in the medical research program at Fort Detrick, Md., addressed a capacity crowd at Smith College on June 26, the start of a three-day national conference about treating combat stress.

"Mental health training [for soldiers] works," said Castro, referring to the preparation known in the ...

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