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Psychologist

PTSD: New Understandings and Interventions

4.00 - CE credit hours training

$25.00 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

PTSD: New Understandings and Interventions

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 24 question post test

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PTSD: New Understandings and Interventions

24 Questions

1. From "History and Development - Origins of PTSD": At what point did diagnosis of PTSD no longer require that symptoms be time limited?
2. From "Diagnosis - Acute Stress Disorder": When Acute Stress Disorder is present this indicates a need for treatment intervention. The absence of ASD does not eliminate the need for ongoing follow-up to monitor for the emergence of PTSD symptoms. Do the authors agree with his statement?
3. From "Diagnosis - PTSD, current definition": The authors suggest which of the following diagnosis is worthy of consideration in the future?
4. From "Diagnosis - Complex PTSD": What is proposed to include distorted perceptions of both the self and the perpetrator, and a tendency to pursue a pattern of chronic victimization?
5. From "Diagnosis - Differential diagnosis of PTSD symptoms, and the problem of comorbidity": Of crucial importance in differential diagnosis is clarifying, which, if any, symptoms preceded, rather than followed the traumatic event.
6. From "Epidemiology - Risk Factors": According to research cited in the article, which is true?
7. From "Epidemiology - Gender Differences in Prevalence": According to the article, ________ experience more traumatic events over their lifetime, and ________ have consistently higher rates of lifetime PTSD.
8. From "Epidemiology - Traumatic brain injury and PTSD": Distinguishing PTSD and TBI is complicated due to the overlapping symptoms of both illnesses. Both conditions can include which of the following?
9. From "Epidemiology - Traumatic brain injury and PTSD": Although PTSD can be considered a form of chronic stress, PTSD does not appear to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
10. From "Biology - HPA Axis": The authors suggest that PTSD is associated with a dysregulated HPA axis. The evidence indicates this disruption:
11. From "Biology - Other Signaling Systems": The authors cite a number of other signaling systems that may be involved with PTSD. Which of the following is an anxiolytic CNS protein that may serve as a protective factor against PTSD.
12. From "Biology - Startle Response": Startle responding patterns have been used to distinguish PTSD and non-PTSD subjects, _____ to differentiate between patients with PTSD versus Major Depressive Disorder.
13. From "Prevention - Psychological First Aid": Which of the following is considered a "DO" in Psychological First Aid?
14. From "Prevention - Psychological Debriefing": The authors recommend psychological debriefing for those who have experienced trauma.
15. From "Prevention - Early Pharmacological Interventions": There is some evidence that administration of ______________ can help prevent development of PTSD.
16. From "Treatment - Prolonged Exposure": The two main drawbacks of prolonged exposure for PTSD are:
17. From "Treatment - EMDR": What is the primary criticism of EMDR cited by the authors?
18. From "Treatment - Cognitive Processing Therapy": CPT helps clients identify and modify affected belief systems. Which kinds of belief systems?
19. From "Treatment - Pharmacotherapy Monotherapy": Which medicine(s) have received regulatory approval for the treatment of PTSD in the United States and Europe?
20. From "Treatment - Augmentation": Which medicine has been found to help with PTSD-related sleep problems?
21. From "Treatment - Augmentation": There is little support for the use of benzodiazepines for PTSD. The authors cite which specific concern(s).
22. From "Treatment - Sleep Therapies": If sleep problems persist despite psychological or pharmacological interventions for PTSD can insomnia-specific treatments be effective for sleep?
23. From "Future of PTSD - New Treatments": Virtual reality exposure has been proposed as a treatment for PTSD. Is there any evidence for its effectiveness?
24. From "Future of PTSD - New Treatments": D-Cycloserine is being explored as an augmentation to prolonged exposure, due to:
In the past, maladaptations after trauma were considered to be a reflection of personal weaknesses and were stigmatized.

This course uses recent evidence to understand physiological responses to severe stress and trauma and the risk factors for a pathological response to trauma. These gains in understanding come from the study of memory and neuro-hormonal reactivity and control systems.

The course also summarizes current biologically-informed, psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic interventions for the prevention and treatment of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Describe physiological responses to severe stress and trauma and the the risk factors for a pathological response to trauma.
  • Summarize current biologically-informed, psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic interventions for the prevention and treatment of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Click Here anja C. Mletzko and Boadie W. Dunlop Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia