Defense Department Names New Suicide Prevention Office Director

SSG Norman Lihou — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:39:40 -0500

Dr. Franklin arrives with 14 years of experience working with service members and their families. Most recently, Franklin was Behavioral Health Branch Head at Headquarters Marine Corps, charged with leading five behavioral health programs, including suicide prevention.

Prior to working for the Marine Corps, Dr. Franklin worked for both the Air Force and the Army, supervising family programs at the installation and regional levels. Dr. Franklin's area of interest is posttraumatic stress symptoms and how those symptoms impact family functioning.

Read more:
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=17140

The Department of Defense announced that Dr. Keita M. Franklin is the new director of the DoD Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO) effective today. This marks elevation of DSPO leadership to a career

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 9:49 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:49:21 -0500

I say kudos to the Department of Defense for continuing to go after this problem. It's probably part PR/image and part (a bigger part, I want to believe) honest concern about the suicides that have been taking place. Dr. Franklin seems like the perfect person to head up this effort.