Rebekah Shephard is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has been providing care to patients for over 20 years. She recently transitioned from her position for the Cook County Health and Hospital Systems – Department of Psychiatry in Chicago, IL, to the Adam Benjamin, Jr. VA Outpatient Clinic in Crown Point, IN, where she will provide psychiatric care to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. She has 10 years of experience in providing psychiatric care to patients with a primary diagnosis of HIV/AIDS.