Mark C. Russell, Ph.D., ABPP

Mark C. Russell, Ph.D., ABPP

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Dr. Mark C. Russell, PhD, ABPP, is a recently retired U.S. Navy Commander and military clinical psychologist with over 26 years of military service. He is an Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom veteran with numerous awards, including the Navy’s Meritorious Service Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf clusters), Navy Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf clusters), and the 2006 “Distinguished Psychologist Award” from the Washington State Psychological Association for his persistent efforts to improve military mental healthcare.

As a top recognized military expert on war stress injuries, Dr. Russell was called upon to testify before the congressionally-mandated 2007 Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force of Mental Health regarding his efforts to prevent a military mental health crisis, as chronicled by USA Today. His views proved prescient, as evidenced by ongoing news reports of problems encountered by veterans seeking help, and how their unhealed trauma may also be responsible for acts of violence. Dr. Russell was the first EMDR trainer in the Department of Defense (DoD), conducting consultation for DoD practitioners and EMDR therapy trainings, including one for the U.S. Army’s 113th Combat Stress Control Unit deployed to Afghanistan last year.

Dr. Russell’s publications include articles on EMDR therapy with battlefield evacuees at a field hospital for combat-related acute stress disorder and PTSD, and the treatment of military outpatient clients. Outcomes included clinically significant changes of PTSD and depression symptoms after four to eight sessions, even if wounded in action. Dr. Russell currently chairs the PsyD program at Antioch University Seattle, where he is researching war stress injuries and compassion fatigue in collaboration with several military agencies.

Blog Entries by Mark C. Russell, Ph.D., ABPP

Who Cares? Part I: Veterans Denied Access to Top PTSD Treatments

(14) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 8:00 AM

Who cares? Or more appropriately, does the ruling elite and national media honestly give a damn about whether the warrior class receives the highest quality of treatment for war stress injuries available? Better yet, why should the 95.5 percent of the American public that has never deployed to a war...

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War Atrocities in Afghanistan: Who Is Blameworthy?

(8) Comments | Posted March 23, 2012 | 12:18 PM

As the nation reels from the latest war atrocity, articles like "Robert Bales, Afghan Killing Suspect, Plagued By Money And Job Strife" attempt to explain why on March 11, 2012, 17 Afghanistan civilians, nine of whom were children, were allegedly murdered in the sanctity of their homes...

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Underestimating the True Prevalence of War Stress Injury in the Military

(7) Comments | Posted February 5, 2012 | 10:06 AM

Media and official reports on prevalence rates of military war stress injury have focused almost exclusively on escalating rates of well-known war stress injuries such as PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Take a look at some of this week's headlines:

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Preventing Military Misconduct Stress Behaviors

(5) Comments | Posted January 27, 2012 | 7:45 AM

January 2012 ushered in a new year, but an old, recurring problem for war veterans. According to a January 2012, CareerCast.com article, "The 10 Most Stressful Jobs in 2012," the No. 1 stressful vocation in the U.S. is an "enlisted soldier."

Here are just some of news...

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