Keith Armstrong, L.C.S.W., is a Clinical Professor with the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. He is Director of Couples and Family Therapy, Director of Mental Health Social Work, and a member of the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Program at the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Armstrong has been involved in responding to natural and man-made disasters. In 1999 Mr. Armstrong was invited to Taiwan after the earthquake to provide education to professionals on how to intervene after a traumatic event. He has made numerous television and radio appearances as well as interviews in newspaper articles discussing treatment of war stress. Mr. Armstrong was utilized as a PTSD expert on a nationally televised show on the History Channel and interviewed by Swiss Public Radio about returning veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has authored articles and chapters on debriefing after trauma and on the treatment of couples when one person has a diagnosis of PTSD. In 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005 Mr. Armstrong won the UCSF Residents Department of Psychiatry award for excellence in teaching. He has a private practice in San Francisco specializing in treating couples and families.

[Contact Keith Armstrong]

>>Return to Main Author Page