Adaptive Disclosure: A New Treatment for Military Trauma, Loss, and Moral Injury

About Brett T. LitzLeslie LebowitzMatt J. GrayWilliam P. Nash

Brett T. Litz PhD is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Director of the Mental Health Core of the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiological Research and Information Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He is also Assessment Core Director of the STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. Dr. Litz focuses on evaluating the mental health outcomes associated with military deployments across the lifespan with an emphasis on early intervention and treatments for combat and operational trauma loss and moral injury. Leslie Lebowitz PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Newton Center Massachusetts. She consults extensively in forensic contexts and provides training in the area of trauma in both community and military settings. Dr. Lebowitz developed the psychological portion of the curriculum for training Air Force Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and continues to do biannual training for the Air Force. Her research focuses on the psychological meaning of trauma and the implications for treatment. Previous research examined the aftermath of sexual violence and more recent work addresses traumatic loss and moral injury. Matt J. Gray PhD is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wyoming. His research focuses on treatment development for broad emotional and psychological impacts of combat as well as prevention and treatment of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. Dr. Gray has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has received the Extraordinary Merit in Research Award and the Outstanding Psychology Faculty Member Award on multiple occasions from the University of Wyoming. William P. Nash MD is Director of Psychological Health for the U.S. Marine Corps. While on active duty in the Navy Dr. Nash was deployed to Iraq with Marines of the 1st Marine Division during the Second Battle of Fallujah. His current interests focus on the prevention recognition and treatment of combat and operational stress injuries including moral injury. He is coeditor of Combat Stress Injuries: Theory Research and Management and founding chair of the Military Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.