FOU-33 Freedom & Recovery: Integrated Mental Health and Addiction Treatment for Service Members

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Please rate the following:

The program was relevant to my work.

Content matched stated objectives.

Usefulness of handouts/AV.

Quality of facilities.

How well did the educational sessions give a balanced view of therapeutic options, including the use of generic names?

If you rated any of the above questions with 'fair,' 'poor,' 'disagree,' or 'strongly disagree' please explain in detail (e.g. session title, speaker name, situtation):

Please rate the speaker(s) as a group. You will have the opportunity to elaborate on an individual speaker in the following question.

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following overall conference objectives:

Identify evidence-based practices for treating addiction and trauma, pain, and other co-occurring Issues, as well as other related topics such as family dynamics and suicide prevention

If you have additional comments regarding the session or individual speaker(s) - e.g. teaching ability, expertise, organization of materials, etc. - please use the space below:

Apply clinical skills from a broad range of professional core functions to address the barriers to effective treatment caused by trauma, acute stress and extended deployment

Discuss advances in the field of addiction and mental health treatment and how these advances might apply to individuals and families who live their lives serving the country

Compare the unique variations of sub-populations within this group, such as first responders, law enforcement and military personnel and how their needs may vary and how treatment may vary, based on their unique needs

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following objectives:

Discuss the unmet substance abuse and mental health needs of veterans returning from America's conflicts abroad.

Discuss the behavioral presentations in treatment settings of clients who suffer from Personality Disorders co-occurring with Substance Use Disorders.

Explain DBT treatment approach and its applicability to treatment of this population and its utility with the multi-disciplinary team.

Describe how military sexual trauma is like Betrayal Trauma.

List two effects trauma has on the developing brain and body.

Describe three stages of effective trauma treatment.

Identify common beliefs about PTSD treatment among returning veterans.

Discuss how to modify beliefs to improve treatment seeking.

Identify 4 symptoms of traumatic stress in first responders.

Name the 8 phases of EMDR therapy.

Describe how EMDR can be used in the treatment of 1st responders.

Identify how skills essential to soldiers developing a combat mind to survive might cause problems for officers returning to policing.

Identify ways in which the police work environment shapes guiding beliefs that can interact with combat experiences and breed police misconduct, substance abuse, emotional, and mental problems.

Describe the components of an integrative treatment and training model to increase officers' psychological flexibility, valued living, and work performance.

Discuss and define emotional body armor.

Identify the psychosocial components in creation of emotional body armor and how it affects therapeutic interventions in treating trauma.

Compare and discuss holistic interventions used in penetrating a clients emotional body armor.

Identify areas in career that require mastery and reinvention.

Establish risks and rewards in overcoming professional burnout.

Develop an action plan of initiative and a time line for personal reinvention.

Identify unique challenges facing women in the military, including difficulty accessing care.

Describe the connection between trauma and co-occurring eating and substance use disorders.

Discuss the rates of sexual trauma and PTSD in military women.

Discuss trauma sources within family system.

Explain fundamentals of pain and suffering Summarize treatments for chronic pain.

Summarize forms of interplay between trauma addiction, and pain Discuss elements of integrated treatment approaches.

Discuss the impact of trauma and substance abuse on the female brain.

Describe the skills specific to guiding women with traumatic experiences into recovery from substance abuse.

Discuss how to empower women for recovery and healing.

Describe how addictions deplete the body of necessary neurotransmitters and nutrients for mood regulation.

Identify poor food choices which triggers relapse.

Identify specific foods and supplements that aid in detoxification, healing and maintenence for long term recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviors.

Describe recent neuroscience findings regarding the nature of traumatic memory and at least one implication for treatment based on those findings.

Explain the value connecting the client to positive resources prior to review of traumatic material and list two ways to do this during the client session.

Explain the value of keeping the client emotionally present during review of traumatic material and describe two ways of facilitating emotional presence during the session.

Discuss the possitive and negitive role of stress in out lives.

Explain the role of cycles in pressures on all people and site spacific references to validate the cycles.

List areas where we can have control and influence over our stress and emotional contol rather than being 'Innosent bystander in our own life".

Discuss the symptoms of shame-based trauma which are often co-morbid with substance use disorders.

Explain the difference between anxiety-based trauma (i.e., PTSD) and shame-based trauma.

Identify the concept of attachment as it pertains to the evolution of trauma in an individual.

Discuss the struggle with intimacy for trauma survivors.

Define chronic relapse.

Discuss when to refer a chronic relapser to specialty treatment.

Name specific protocols for treating a chronic relapser.

Identify secondary trauma in yourself and in the workplace.

Discuss ways to implement a brief therapeutic community to deal with secondary trauma, and determine the effectiveness of this approach.

Describe alternative ways to implement brief therapeutic community.

Explain more fully the systemic effect within the family when someone suffers from PTSD.

Identify at least fifteen (15) Red Flags that indicate that clients are using their prescription medication problematically.

Identify the twelve (12) denial patterns used by clients who are using/abusing/addicted to prescription medication and receive resources to assist in management of that denial.

List the five (5) types of pain and the importance of developing a multidisciplinary treatment plan to manage their pain and any coexisting disorders.

Explain the true definition of chronic pain and the statistics associated with those who suffer from chronic pain.

Discuss the stigma that can arise for individuals who are in recovery and whom experience chronic pain.

Identify intervention strategies that can be effective in working with this population.

List different diagnoses.

Explain what psychological assessment is.

Compare psychological testing with neuropsychological testing.

List 3 complementary therapies useful in treating trauma and eating disorders.

List 3 dietary supplements that can be useful in treating clients with eating dsorders and trauma.

Describe the origin of PTSD from a psychoanalytic perspective and perspective and review infant development.

Review the twelve steps of a in detail addressing each as treatment and the method each heals.

Discuss the history and make up of crisis negotiating.

Describe the role of the mental health professional.

List three psychiatric diagnosis seen with hostage takers.

Summarize correlates of posttraumatic guilt among combat veterans.

Describe key strategies of intervention to reduce guilt in combat veterans.

Name three types of traumatic guilt related cognitions.

Explain considerations in choosing an intervnetion style when working with resistant clients.

Summarize the tool with which to identify the rock bottom of a resistant client.

Explain the importance of long term monitoring and case management for resistant clients.

PTSD and emerging treatments such as acupuncture-how it works and its impact on improved outcomes.

List the steps to take to care for a "Wounded Warrior" with drug dependency issues until rehabilitation gets him/her back to duty.

Discuss cultural transformation to deal with the issues of today's veteran

Cultural transformation to deal with the issues of today's veteran.

Identify clinical aspects of PTSD that serve as triggers for chronic pain.

Discuss effective psychotherapeutic & biological treatment strategies for chronic pain & PTSD.

Please answer the following:

Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

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Did you perceive any product/service/company/commercial bias in any educational session you attended or materials you received?

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How much did you learn as a result of this education program?

What specifically did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient/client problems or patient/client challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients/clients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

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What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training (the overall meeting) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient/client outcomes?

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