Education
BA, MA, Chapman College
MS, PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Relevant Experience
Mark is a retired Navy Commander, and clinical psychologist with over 26-years of military service. He is dual-Board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in clinical psychology and clinical child and adolescent psychology. Author of Treating Traumatic Stress Injuries in Military Personnel (Routledge, 2013), Mark is a nationally renowned expert on war and other traumatic stress injuries as featured in USA Today (2007) and the upcoming HBO film documentary, Thank You for Your Service! He was awarded the Distinguished Psychologist Award by the Washington State Psychological Association for his sustained effort to transform military mental healthcare. Mark is the establishing Director, of Antioch University’s Institute of War Stress Injury, Recovery, and Social Justice, dedicated to promote equality of mental and physical health by ending the generational cycle of preventable wartime behavioral health crises.
Recent Publications
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (in-press). Generational wartime behavioral health crises: Part one of a preliminary analysis. Psychological Injury and Law.
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (in-press). Investigating recurrent generational wartime behavioral health crises: Part two of a preliminary analysis. Psychological Injury and Law.
Russell, M.C. Butkus, S. N. (2014). Mental health in the Army. JAMA Psychiatry, 71(8):966
doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.695
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (2014). Overview of the Affordable Care Act's impact on military and veteran mental health services: Nine implications for significant improvements in care. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 13:1-2, 162-196, DOI:10.1080/1536710X.2013.870514.
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (2013). Military operational stress and behavioral health. In B.A. Moore & J. Barnett (Eds.), Military psychologists’ desk reference. Oxford University Press.
Russell, M.C., Cooke, T., & Rogers, S. (2013). EMDR and effective management of acute war/traumatic stress injuries: Early mental health intervention from a military perspective. In M. Luber (Ed.). Models of EMDR trauma response for man-made and natural disasters. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Wright, S. A., & Russell, M. C. (2012). Treating violent impulses: A case study utilizing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with a military client. Clinical Case Studies, 12(2), 128–144.
Awards and Recognition
§ Washington State Psychological Association — Distinguished Psychological Award (2006)
§ University of Maryland — Nomination for Outstanding Faculty Award (1999, 2005-2008)
§ President of the United States — Meritorious Service Award (2005)
§ Department of the Navy — Navy Commendation Award (1995, 2003)
§ University of Maryland — Letter of Commendation (1998, 2000)
Affiliations
§ American Psychological Association
§ Washington State Psychological Association
BA, MA, Chapman College
MS, PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Relevant Experience
Mark is a retired Navy Commander, and clinical psychologist with over 26-years of military service. He is dual-Board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in clinical psychology and clinical child and adolescent psychology. Author of Treating Traumatic Stress Injuries in Military Personnel (Routledge, 2013), Mark is a nationally renowned expert on war and other traumatic stress injuries as featured in USA Today (2007) and the upcoming HBO film documentary, Thank You for Your Service! He was awarded the Distinguished Psychologist Award by the Washington State Psychological Association for his sustained effort to transform military mental healthcare. Mark is the establishing Director, of Antioch University’s Institute of War Stress Injury, Recovery, and Social Justice, dedicated to promote equality of mental and physical health by ending the generational cycle of preventable wartime behavioral health crises.
Recent Publications
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (in-press). Generational wartime behavioral health crises: Part one of a preliminary analysis. Psychological Injury and Law.
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (in-press). Investigating recurrent generational wartime behavioral health crises: Part two of a preliminary analysis. Psychological Injury and Law.
Russell, M.C. Butkus, S. N. (2014). Mental health in the Army. JAMA Psychiatry, 71(8):966
doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.695
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (2014). Overview of the Affordable Care Act's impact on military and veteran mental health services: Nine implications for significant improvements in care. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 13:1-2, 162-196, DOI:10.1080/1536710X.2013.870514.
Russell, M.C., & Figley, C. R. (2013). Military operational stress and behavioral health. In B.A. Moore & J. Barnett (Eds.), Military psychologists’ desk reference. Oxford University Press.
Russell, M.C., Cooke, T., & Rogers, S. (2013). EMDR and effective management of acute war/traumatic stress injuries: Early mental health intervention from a military perspective. In M. Luber (Ed.). Models of EMDR trauma response for man-made and natural disasters. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Wright, S. A., & Russell, M. C. (2012). Treating violent impulses: A case study utilizing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with a military client. Clinical Case Studies, 12(2), 128–144.
Awards and Recognition
§ Washington State Psychological Association — Distinguished Psychological Award (2006)
§ University of Maryland — Nomination for Outstanding Faculty Award (1999, 2005-2008)
§ President of the United States — Meritorious Service Award (2005)
§ Department of the Navy — Navy Commendation Award (1995, 2003)
§ University of Maryland — Letter of Commendation (1998, 2000)
Affiliations
§ American Psychological Association
§ Washington State Psychological Association