To provide clinical training and protocols to meet the mental health care needs of servicemembers and veterans.

1. Adds SEC. 222. CLINICAL TRAINING AND PROTOCOLS on page 93, between lines 20 and 21

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   Inserted: SEC. 222. CLINICAL TRAINING AND PROTOCOLS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

   Inserted: (1) the Iraq War Clinician Guide has tremendous value; and

   Inserted: (2) the Secretary of Defense and the National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should continue to work together to ensure that the mental health care needs of servicemembers and veterans are met.

   Inserted: (b) Collaboration.--The National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder shall collaborate with the Secretary of Defense--

   Inserted: (1) to enhance the clinical skills of military clinicians through training, treatment protocols, web-based interventions, and the development of evidence-based interventions; and

   Inserted: (2) to promote pre-deployment resilience and post-deployment readjustment among servicemembers serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

   Inserted: (c) Training.--The National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder shall work with the Secretary of Defense to ensure that clinicians in the Department of Defense are provided with the training and protocols developed pursuant to subsection (b)(1).

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