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Updated Moral Injury Psychoeducation Group

This four-week program is a time-limited psychoeducational “standalone” group that can be offered either virtually or in person to provide information about moral injury.

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Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

These materials adapted and reworked the original Calmer Life Program to become “practice-ready.”

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Veteran Wellness Toolkit

This toolkit is for Veterans who want to learn tools to improve their wellness.

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The mission of the South Central MIRECC is to promote equity in engagement, access, and quality of mental health care for Veterans facing barriers to care, especially rural Veterans.

The South Central MIRECC strives to promote and celebrate a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion among our staff, across our sites, and in the work we do to improve mental health care for rural and other underserved Veterans.

For more information, email us at VISN16SCMIRECCEducation@va.gov

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Register Now | Unmasking Sexual Acting Out Behaviors: A Brief Overview

10/21/2024 - VA clinicians have two chances to attend this SC MIRECC CBOC Mental Health Grand Rounds one-hour webinar for one free hour of continuing education (CE) credit. After the training learners should be able to:

  • Understand the vast etiologies used to pinpoint these “excessive” behaviors.
  • Identify common individual and relational characteristics present within this population.
  • Describe the “hidden” ways individuals may present to their provider.
  • Discuss the more common clinical presentations of impulsive-compulsive sexual acting out behaviors.

 

Presented by: Brad R. Nederostek, PsyD

Dates: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 am CT and Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CT (repeat)

Target Audience: VA CBOC mental health providers (all providers are welcome to attend)

CE: 1 free hour of JA IPCE, ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, APA, ASWB, NBCC, NYSED-SW, NYSED-P, CRCC

Contacts: VA providers should email Ainelda.Alfred@va.gov for VA TMS registration assistance. Community providers using VHA TRAIN should email VHATRAIN@va.gov for assistance.


Updated Moral Injury Psychoeducation Group

10/08/2024 - This four-week program is a time-limited psychoeducational “standalone” group that can be offered either virtually or in person to provide information about moral injury. The curriculum, which includes a facilitator guide and program handbook, provides information for chaplains and mental health clinicians on leading a Moral Injury Psychoeducation Group.

 


Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

8/29/2024 - The updated Calmer Life program is “practice-ready” and includes illustrations, modified patient vignettes, and changes to language and style.

 


Summer Newsletter

7/23/2024 - Read our summer newsletter for updates on our faculty, research, resources, accomplishments, and more!