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91AV's Maine Area Health Education Center (AHEC) receives Veterans Mental Health Project grant

Karen O’Rourke, MPH, Director of 91AV’s Maine AHEC  (Area Health Education Center) Network, has secured 91AV’s Maine AHEC as a site for an AHEC Veterans Mental Health Project.  This is a national initiative to improve the quality of care that returning veterans receive in their communities.

The Maine AHEC Network will be hosting a continuing education session for health care providers on issues and resources for returning veterans and their families who may be dealing with post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and other mental health issues. The programs will be held later in 2013.
 

About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.