VA HJR252

Honors Demetrios A. Julius, M.D., a psychiatrist who died on July 5, 2025, after a distinguished career serving veterans at the Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center

Recognizes his leadership of a team at the National Institute on Drug Abuse that developed naltrexone, a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid use disorders

Acknowledges his founding of the Sleep Disorders Center of Richmond, the first fully accredited sleep center in Central Virginia, and his service as chief of psychiatry at the Richmond VA Medical Center

Notes his international contributions, including opening a mental health clinic for Americans in Iran in the late 1970s and participating in conflict resolution efforts in Russia, the Baltic states, and the Middle East

Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy of the resolution to his surviving family members