Overview
Religion and mental health
Theology and medicine
Psychosocial variables in depression in the elderly
Pharmacoepidemiology in nursing homes
Theology and medicine
Psychosocial variables in depression in the elderly
Pharmacoepidemiology in nursing homes
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2021 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Piecing it Together: Collaborative Group Care for Moral Injury
Journal Article Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · December 1, 2025 Purpose of Review: Integrative Mental Health (IMH), a program office in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) devoted to advancing integrated mental health and spiritual care, was coincidentally launched the same year that moral injury was introduced int ... Full text CiteFrom Moral Injury Vulnerability to Protective Equity: The Voyage Every Surgeon Must Take.
Journal Article Ann Surg · December 18, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between moral injury and surgical practice, further explore the concept of protective equity, and understand its role in mitigating the impact of morally injurious events throughout a surgical career. BACKGROUND: Mora ... Full text Link to item CiteIncreasing chaplain support for veterans at high risk for suicide through targeted outreach: A quality improvement initiative.
Journal Article J Health Care Chaplain · 2024 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has prioritized improving the identification of veterans at risk for suicide and ensuring adequate staffing of personnel to assist veterans in need. It is imperative that suicide prevention efforts make use of the fu ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Stress, Serotonin Genes & Health Disparities
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Science · 2000 - 2006View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1988
M.P.H.
University of Louisville ·
1982
M.D.