Continuing Education
Continuing Education
This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.
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- Date Created: 02/ 2/2024
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
Digital resources such as online programs and mobile applications (apps) are an important and helpful tool at all stages across the continuum of mental health care. Given the potential broad reach of these technologies, they may bridge wait times to recovery-oriented treatment, supplement mental health treatment, and promote self-management of symptoms.
This online course describes VA Mental Health Apps and reviews current research and the latest clinical developments in the use of mental health apps created by the National Center for PTSD for self-care and for enhancement of clinical care.
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- Date Created: 02/ 1/2024
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
Prolonged Exposure (PE) is a well-researched and highly effective treatment for PTSD. Despite its proven effectiveness, many providers are not aware of its utility or hold erroneous beliefs about who may benefit from PE.
This online course reviews key findings in the past 15 years of clinically relevant research on PE and PTSD treatment. The author highlights the efficacy of PE with patients who have PTSD and co-occurring conditions. Research support for different modalities of treatment and additional benefits for patients beyond PTSD symptom reduction is described.
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- Date Created: 12/31/2023
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, Clinical Practice Guideline, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
A workgroup from VA and DoD completed a revision of the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder.The 2023 VA/DoD guideline is based on a complete review of the traumatic stress research literature since 2017 and offers recommendations for providers who treat Veterans.
The course describes the CPG development process, and the author explains the recommendations related to complimentary, integrative and alternative approaches to treating PTSD. The course includes resources to support clinical practice.
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- Date Created: 10/18/2023
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, Clinical Practice Guideline, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
A workgroup from VA and DoD completed a revision of the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder. The VA/DoD guideline is based on a complete review of the traumatic stress research literature since 2017 and offers recommendations for providers who treat Veterans.
The course reviews the 2023 VA/DoD guideline, explaining the CPG development process. The author explains the recommendations related to psychotherapy, outlining how they have changed. The course includes resources to support clinical practice.
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- Date Created: 10/17/2023
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, Clinical Practice Guideline, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
A workgroup from VA and DoD completed a revision of the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder. The VA/DoD guideline is based on a complete review of the traumatic stress research literature since 2017 and offers recommendations for providers who treat Veterans.
The course reviews the 2023 VA/DoD guideline, explaining the CPG development process. The author explains the recommendations related to medications and other biological treatments, outlining how they have changed. The course includes resources to support clinical practice.
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- Date Created: 10/ 2/2023
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
There remains a clinical challenge in how best to provide care to patients with co-occurring PTSD and chronic pain who often have complex presentations.
This course provides information about the prevalence of chronic pain and PTSD as well as the relationship between these conditions, explaining the evidence base for four core conceptual models. The presenters then review treatment approaches for the management of co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD.
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- Date Created: 09/30/2023
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: ANCC, APA, ASWB, ACCME, NBCC, Other Orgs
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101, PTSD Consultation Lecture Series
The impact of racial trauma is receiving an unprecedented level of national attention. This course discusses how to provide culturally sensitive PTSD treatment for people of color, including Veterans.
The author reviews the literature on racial stress and trauma, as well as research related to racial/ethnic differences in PTSD symptom presentations. The course highlights important cultural factors to consider in the assessment and treatment of PTSD, offers tips to address racial stress during trauma-focused evidence-based PTSD treatments, and presents strategies for case formulation to address racial trauma.
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