Veteran PTSD Care: Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment
Veteran PTSD Care: Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment
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Date & Time
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Description
This workshop will review clinical interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among a veteran population of warfighters, including screening, diagnosis, and treatment approaches for traumatized veterans coping with intrusion or avoidance symptoms in suboptimal, “anti-therapeutic” environments. These may include receiving PTSD interventions while stationed overseas in a foreign country, during deployment to a war zone, after being wounded in action, or while navigating a medical evaluation board, medical separation, or medical retirement from the military. The workshop will also address treatment in the context of additional stressors, such as facing accusations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), or while experiencing unemployment, incarceration, or housing instability.
In addition, this training will explore whether moral injury can trigger the onset of posttraumatic symptoms; whether positive religious coping enhances resiliency, and how traumatized individuals can make meaningful clinical improvements that embrace the therapeutic goal of posttraumatic growth (PTG).
Finally, this training will discuss how medical and mental health providers – such as clinical counselors, social workers, and first responders – can avoid burnout, compassion fatigue, and the onset of posttraumatic symptoms.
Educational Goal
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Screen for potentially traumatizing events (PTEs).
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Assess the severity of posttraumatic symptoms using norm-based interview instruments such as the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5 (CAPS-5), Brief Trauma Questionnaire (BTQ), Combat Exposure Scale, and Life Stressor Checklist.
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Select empirically supported trauma treatments that mitigate and alleviate triggers of potentially traumatizing events (PTSs), acute stress disorder (ASD), compassion fatigue, burnout, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including psychological first aid (PFA), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), reality therapy, Rogerian therapy, and Twelve Step interventions.
Target Audience
- Addiction Professional
- Counselor
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
Presenters
Financially Sponsored By
- Leidos