Treating the Invisible Wounds of War Series: Part 1 - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

This course is designed to help primary care physicians, case workers, mental health providers - who may see a veteran or family member on an unrelated issue - develop a better understanding of the culture in which veterans and their families live and work, and provide best practices for identifying, assessing and treating mental health disorders that result from the trauma of war.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to identify:

• Strategies for establishing and maintaining a therapeutic alliance with combat veterans and their families by examining military structure and culture and the combat experience
• Combat Operational Stress Injury (COSI) symptoms and assessment techniques
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and assessment techniques
• Treatment options for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Frames of mental health assessment and treatment options for military personnel
• How family relationships are impacted by mobilization, deployment and redeployment
• Services available for veterans and their families, including those provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and TRICARE

Target Audience:
Primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists and other interested mental health providers.

Length: 3 Hours

Credit Type(s): 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit, 3.0 Contact Hours NBCC - Provider #5470, 3.0 Contact Hours, 0.3 CEU

Cost: $0.00

Instructions:

• From your browser, go to www.aheconnect.com/citizensoldier
• Click on New Users tab at the top of the screen
• Create a personal user account following the instructions on the screen (be sure to enter your Army OneSource referral code in the space provided: AOSCO13)
• Login to the system using your new id and password
• Click on Courses tab at the top of the screen
• Select a course you wish to complete.
• Click on Register

Once you complete a course, your CE credit will be recorded, and you will have access to download and print a Certificate of Completion.