On Demand Professional Workshop Series: Best Practices In PTSD Clinical Care: How To Optimize Recovery After Trauma

This presentation was last reviewed on June 5, 2024, and broadcast live online on December 3, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM ET. 

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About 7% of people will develop PTSD in their lifetime, and it is projected that this will remain constant as both civilians, veterans, and active-duty service members continue to encounter traumatic experiences. Notably, PTSD is a heterogeneous disorder with its hallmark symptom of avoidance making PTSD difficult for providers to effectively assess and treat.  To support providers this talk will focus on identifying and assessing for Criterion A stressors and the four symptom clusters of PTSD; recognize the key points of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD; understand how Measurement Based Care can be utilized to optimize clinical outcomes; and provide National Center for PTSD resources and educational products.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals.

Learning Objectives

After this lecture, registrants will be able to:

  1. Identify and assess for Criterion A stressors and the four symptom clusters of PTSD
  2. Describe the key points of the 2017 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for PTSD
  3. Recognize how Measurement Based Care can be utilized to optimize clinical outcomes
  4. List at least three National Center for PTSD resources and educational products

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 3.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 3.00 Psychologists
  • 3.00 Participation
Course opens: 
06/05/2024
Course expires: 
06/03/2026

There is no commercial support for this activity.

About these speakers

Erin Romero, PhD is the Program Manager for the Trauma Recovery and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Services at the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), the VISN5 PTSD Mentor and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry University of Maryland School of Medicine.  Dr. Romero collaborates with the National Center for PTSD Mentor Program on several projects as the PTSD Mentoring Program Data Management Coordinator.  In addition to her administrative duties, Dr. Romero provides direct clinical care to Veterans diagnosed with PTSD across the eras and participates in PTSD related research.  She has specialized training in evidence-based therapy for PTSD and is a Regional Trainer and Consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy.  Dr. Romero has been affiliated with Veterans Affairs (VA) since 2008.  She received her doctoral degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Psychology and undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.

Lisa-Ann Cuccurullo, PsyD is a clinical psychologist whose current work is focused on facilitating the use of empirically supported treatments by clinicians treating veterans in rural areas. Her clinical work has focused on cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and other post-trauma related symptoms. She works with the National Center for PTSD Mentoring Program, Consultation Program, and Education Team, to support the field in their efforts to provide gold standard treatment for PTSD. She is a consultant in the VA's national rollout of Prolonged Exposure.  Prior to her position at the National Center for PTSD, she was the Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator and Assistant Director of Psychology Clinical Training at the Southeast Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System, and a clinical instructor at Tulane University School of Medicine Dr. Cuccurullo received her doctorate in clinical psychology from La Salle University and completed her clinical internship and a PTSD fellowship at the Southeast Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System.

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Erin Romero, PhD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. She will not discuss any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, in this presentation. This presentation was initially planned and recorded prior to January 1, 2023; therefore, the financial disclosure statement from the speaker reflects only the preceding 12 months, as was the standard at the time. This enduring activity was last reviewed for content validity on June 5, 2024. All conflicts have been mitigated through review.

Lisa-Ann Cuccurullo, PsyD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. She will not discuss any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, in this presentation. This presentation was initially planned and recorded prior to January 1, 2023; therefore, the financial disclosure statement from the speaker reflects only the preceding 12 months, as was the standard at the time. This enduring activity was last reviewed for content validity on June 5, 2024. All conflicts have been mitigated through review.

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Stephanie M. Robinson, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NPD-BC, NE-BC , Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.

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Available Credit

  • 3.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 3.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 3.00 Psychologists
  • 3.00 Participation
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Professional Workshop Series:  Best Practices In PTSD Clinical Care: How To Optimize Recovery After Trauma

Erin Romero, Ph.D

Program Manager for the Trauma Recovery and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Services, VA Maryland Health Care System

Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

&

Lisa-Ann Cuccurullo, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

Consultant- National Center for PTSD

New Orleans, LA

Originally reviewed June 11, 2024.
Originally in person and virtually broadcast on June 13, 2024, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Enduring Activity Credit Expiration Date: July 23, 2026

Activity Time: Three hour recorded webinar lecture with a 15-minute evaluation process. Total Time: 3:15

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