Mental Health and the Military: Cultural and Clinical Considerations for Treating Veterans With PTSD and Related Conditions
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Mental Health and the Military: Cultural and Clinical Considerations for Treating Veterans With PTSD and Related Conditions

Fri, Sep 6th, 2024
11:00am – 1:00pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

This course is designed to provide an overview of military culture and how military culture impacts clinical practice with veterans and military personnel. A review of effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions will be reviewed as well as other related clinical issues such as nightmares and insomnia. Psychological and pharmacological treatments reviewed will focus on those with the most rigorous scientific support currently available. The concept of posttraumatic growth will be highlighted, particularly as it relates to understanding trauma response from a unique perspective.

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This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Bret A. Moore, Psy.D., ABPP

Bret A. Moore, Psy.D., ABPP

Dr. Bret A. Moore is a prescribing psychologist and board-certified clinical psychologist in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author and editor of 24 books including Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple, Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple, Treating PTSD in Military Personnel, and the Posttraumatic Growth Workbook. He has also written feature articles for Scientific American Mind, The New Republic, and Military Times. Dr. Moore is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and recipient of many state and national awards. His views on clinical and military psychology have been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe, and on CNN and Fox News. He has appeared on NPR, the BBC, and CBC.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Summarize the beliefs, customs, practices, and language that are unique to the military culture.
  2. 2 Describe evidence-based psychological treatments used to treat PTSD and related conditions in veterans.
  3. 3 Describe the concept of posttraumatic growth as it relates to working with veterans and military personnel with PTSD

Moore, B. A., Pujol, L., Waltman, S., & Shearer, D. S. (2021). Management of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans and Military Service Members: A Review of Pharmacologic and Psychotherapeutic Interventions Since 2016. Current psychiatry reports, 23(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-01220-w

Williston, S. K., & Vogt, D. S. (2022). Mental health literacy in veterans: What do US military veterans know about PTSD and its treatment? Psychological Services, 19(2), 327–334. https://doi-org.libaccess.fdu.edu/10.1037/ser0000501.supp (Supplemental)

Waltman, S., Pujol. L. & Moore, B. A. (2019). Management of posttraumatic nightmares: A review of pharmacologic and psychosocial treatments since 2013. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20, 38-42.

Tkachuck, M. A., Pavlacic, J. M., Raley, M. J., McCaslin, S. E., & Schulenberg, S. E. (2022). Validating military culture: The factor analysis of a military-related adaptation of acculturation in veterans. Psychological Services, 19(3), 585–596. https://doi-org.libaccess.fdu.edu/10.1037/ser0000558.supp (Supplemental)

Moore, B. A., Tedeschi, R. G., & Greene, T. C. (2021). A preliminary examination of a posttraumatic growth-based program for veteran mental health. Practice Innovations, 6(1), 42–54. https://doi-org.libaccess.fdu.edu/10.1037/pri0000136

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

All times in Eastern Time

11:00am - 12:30pm Military Culture (Language, Rank, Customs and Traditions; Clinical Implications --Treatments for PTSD (Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Pharmacotherapy, Other Interventions)

12:30pm - 1:00pm Posttraumatic Growth --Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders and Other Clinical Issues (Nightmares, Insomnia), Q&A 

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