MIRECC / CoE

January 2018 - Cannabis Use and PTSD: A Review of Current Findings and Clinical Considerations

Presented by Kendall Browne, PhD

This webinar provides an overview of what is known about the relationship between cannabis and PTSD. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Build knowledge of current research findings examining the relationship between PTSD and the cannabis plant/cannabinoids
• Understand the overlap between PTSD symptoms and cannabis withdrawal that can confound diagnosis and complicate clinical course.
• Gain knowledge about intervention options for Veterans with cannabis use disorder

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February 2018 - Moral Injury and Reconciliation

Presented by Chaplain Carter Check, MDiv, CCC and Steffanie Ward, LCSW

This training addresses and defines moral injury and the challenges to supporting those who suffer from moral injury. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Define moral injury
• Describe how moral injury develops
• Describe the common symptoms of moral injury and PTSD, and how they overlap
• Identify how guilt and shame operate with moral injury
• Discuss how the VA is working with Veterans that suffer from moral injury

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March 2018 - Workplace Harassment: Defined, How it Presents, and Our Responsibilities When it Arises

Presented by Ms. Karen Civitate

The training addresses harassment concerns within the VA. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Define harassment
• Describe the different forms of harassment
• Explain where and how to report harassment concerns
• Present and discuss two harassment scenarios

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April 2018 - Can You Fill This Out for Me? Ethical Responding in Disability and Other Legal Arenas

Presented by Gregory Beaulieu, PhD and Veronica Siffert, LCSW

The training reviews relevant guidelines to identify key decision-making strategies for formulating an effective and ethical response when asked to fill out evaluation requests that require VA providers to render a legal or administrative opinion. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Distinguish between the roles the treating provider and the independent consultant
• Identify pitfalls of conflating the treating vs. consulting role.
• Express facts and clinical opinions while avoiding legal opinions

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June 2018 - Increasing the Reach of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Using VA Video Connect to Home

Presented by Jan Lindsay, PhD, Julianna Hogan, PhD, and Terri Fletcher, PhD

This training reviews the dissemination of telemental health treatment in VA and the role of Video-to-Home in delivering evidence-based psychotherapies to Veterans facing barriers to mental health care. After the webinar, learners should be able to::

• Identify at least three reasons why Video-to-Home creates greater access to care for underserved Veterans
• Describe trends in the dose of psychotherapy that Veteran-patients typically receive during in-person care, and discuss how Video-to-Home may impact adherence to treatment
• Explain ways in which Video-to-Home is equivalent to in-person care
• Compare different VA-approved technology solutions that can be implemented into clinical practice

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July 2018 - Introduction to Dementia and Delirium

Presented by Ruchi Aggarwal, MD and Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD

This training introduces the common types of dementia and distinguish it from delirium. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Define delirium and dementia according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 criteria
• Identify the signs and symptoms of delirium
• Identify the signs and symptoms of dementia and dementia subtypes
• Distinguish delirium from dementia

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August 2018 - Improving Access to Evidence Based Care with Rural Veterans Using Transdiagnostic Treatment

Presented by Dr. Amanda Raines

This training discusses a group-based transdiagnostic treatment that has empirical support and addresses access and resource obstacles within the VA, particularly in rural settings. After the webinar, learners should be able to:

• Cite barriers to care that rural Veterans face
• Verbalize the ways in which transdiagnostic treatments address these barriers to care
• Define and identify safety aids as part of a transdiagnostic treatment approach.
• Prescribe techniques for reducing safety aid usage.

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