Seminar Detail
PTSD & Mental Health: Treatment Strategies for Returning Veterans & Families
- Where:
- COLUMBUS, OH
- When:
- Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This event is not currently available for purchase.
For more information: Call (800) 844-8260
Course Description:
Dr. Patrick Brady is an expert in military psychology and is a former active duty military psychologist and veteran of the Iraq war. Dr. Brady will teach you strategies to meet the unique needs of vets returning home, their families and co-workers. He will help you recognize the impact of military culture on the therapeutic relationship and teach you strategies for managing military cultural issues, which can impact your clients and your practice. Take home evidence-based treatment strategies for depression, relationship problems, nightmare and sleep disorders, PTSD and other clinical concerns of service members.
Combat veterans have unique needs that come from extraordinarily difficult experiences, many unimaginable to most civilians. Over 2 million service members have deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan since 2002 and many have been psychologically impacted by their service. As they return, family, friends and co-workers are also feeling the impact, creating the need for clinicians in all disciplines to obtain the knowledge and skills essential to treat these populations. With more military personnel coming home, mental health professionals in numerous disciplines need to be better equipped in helping them cope.
Dr. Patrick Brady is an expert in military psychology and is a former active duty military psychologist and veteran of the Iraq war. Dr. Brady will teach you strategies to meet the unique needs of vets returning home, their families and co-workers. He will help you recognize the impact of military culture on the therapeutic relationship and teach you strategies for managing military cultural issues, which can impact your clients and your practice. Take home evidence-based treatment strategies for depression, relationship problems, nightmare and sleep disorders, PTSD and other clinical concerns of service members.
Combat veterans have unique needs that come from extraordinarily difficult experiences, many unimaginable to most civilians. Over 2 million service members have deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan since 2002 and many have been psychologically impacted by their service. As they return, family, friends and co-workers are also feeling the impact, creating the need for clinicians in all disciplines to obtain the knowledge and skills essential to treat these populations. With more military personnel coming home, mental health professionals in numerous disciplines need to be better equipped in helping them cope.
Objectives:
- Explain what stressors are unique to the military.
- List the three psychotherapies considered evidence-based by the VA and DOD.
- Summarize the latest trends in psychopharmacology for PTSD.
- Explain how to manage nightmares and other trauma related sleep problems.
- Describe methods for managing suicidal behavior.
- Identify deployment-related problems with military children and spouses.
- Describe the impact of military culture on the therapeutic relationship.
PATRICK J BRADY, PSY.D.
Patrick Brady, Psy.D., is a former Active Duty Army psychologist who began his career by responding to the Terrorist attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He is a veteran of the Iraq War completing two deployments with a Combat Support Hospital and a Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Dr. Brady is the recipient of a Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge. Patrick is an expert in military psychology with extensive experience in treating soldiers, veterans, and family members. Other accomplishments include creating resiliency support programs in schools for children of deployed soldiers, conducting re-integration seminars for the families of returning soldiers and conducting critical incident debriefs for MEDEVAC flight crews performing rescue missions in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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