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Morally Distressing Events in Healthcare Workers During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
Sonya Norman, PhD
Wednesday, May 20 at 2 p.m. ET
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About the Topic
Although it is not typical for healthcare workers to experience significant distress from difficult situations at work, unprecedented contexts, such as a pandemic, may cause some healthcare workers to experience morally distressing events. Morally distressing events refer to experiences that contradict personal or shared values or expectations. Feelings resulting from these experiences can include guilt, shame, distress or intrusive thoughts or images, anger, reduced readiness and, if the person experiences betrayal, reduced confidence in leaders or the organization. This webinar will help mental health and other healthcare providers understand how working in the current pandemic might result in experiences of morally distressing events for some healthcare workers. Strategies that workers, coworkers, and leaders can use to reduce the potential for morally distressing events and strategies that mental health care providers can use to reduce the distress associated with morally distressing events will be discussed.
About the Presenter
SONYA NORMAN, PhD, director of the PTSD Consultation Program and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, is a clinical psychologist and a researcher in the treatment of PTSD and addictions, applications of Prolonged Exposure therapy, implementation of evidence based treatments for PTSD, and novel treatments to address trauma-related guilt, shame, and moral injury. She is based at the VA San Diego Healthcare System where she previously directed the PTSD treatment program for Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and served as a consultant for the VA Prolonged Exposure therapy rollout. She recently served as a member of the VA/DoD PTSD Clinical Practice Guideline workgroup. Dr. Norman has over 120 publications related to PTSD and associated problems. She received her PhD from Stanford University.
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Lecture Series
The PTSD Consultation Program Lecture Series is a free,
live webinar offered on the third Wednesday of every month from 2-3pm ET.
Continuing education credit is available for a variety of professions. (Follow
the registration links above for more details.) The lectures cover a wide
range of topics related to PTSD diagnosis and treatment and common
co-morbidities. Relevant recent research is presented and there is a
focus on the clinical implications for providers and patients.
This monthly lecture series is organized by the PTSD Consultation Program at the VA's National Center for PTSD. Presenters are generally experts in VA who discuss clinical practice in light of the most recent research.
PTSD Consultation Program
The VA PTSD Consultation Program for Providers Who Treat Veterans offers education, information, consultation and other resources to VA and non-VA health professionals who treat Veterans with PTSD. These services provided are consistent with evidence-based practices for PTSD and VA consensus statements such as the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD.
Our goal is to improve the care available to all Veterans with PTSD regardless of where they access services. We offer expert guidance on general issues that come up in the course of caring for Veterans with PTSD. We cannot, however, provide direct guidance or consultation regarding or assume clinical responsibility for specific patients; any potential liability would be only in accordance with the Federal Tort Claims Act.
To ask a question or request consultation email us at PTSDconsult@va.gov or call (866) 948-7880.
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