Course Description:
This three-hour live webinar, “PTSD: A Comprehensive Review,” is especially relevant today due to the increased incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) resulting from the 20-year wars in the Mideast, COVID-19 epidemic, increasing episodes of domestic violence, and the escalating incidence of violence and disasters in the USA. More than 69% of American adults will be exposed to some type of trauma in their life time. Of these individuals, at least 3.6% of the civilian population will develop PTSD, and up to 23% of USA veterans will be diagnosed with PTSD in any given year. Hence, it is important for health care professionals to understand how patients/clients with PTSD may affect their clinical practice as well as the negative effects the disorder have on their patients’/clients’ lives.
This webinar will examine PTSD in detail incorporating the latest empirical clinical and treatment research concerning the disorder. The difference between simple and complex PTSD will be reviewed, along with the epidemiology and psychologic neuroinflammatory theory concerning the activation of vulnerable PTSD phenotypes. Additionally, the disorder’s biological and psychological theories of the development, maintenance, and treatment will be discussed. Comorbid disorders (i.e., anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse) will be explored. Treatment modalities (i.e., medication, traumatic exposure, and Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction therapies) will be examined, including the patient’s/client’s responsiveness to these treatment techniques. Finally, the unique treatment constructs inherent in complex PTSD (i.e., psychological inflexibility, behavioral activation, cognitive executive dysfunction, alienation appraisal, guilt, anger, shame, moral injury, resilience, alexithymia, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, trust, safety, power/control, & intimacy) will be discussed in terms of their influence on the severity, maintenance, and treatment outcomes of the disorder.
Sponsor:
Institute for Natural Resources
CE Credits: 3
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