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Supporting Clients Following
Disasters or Mass Violence
Patricia Watson, PhD
Wednesday, June 18 at 2:00pm ET
NEW THIS MONTH: We are now using Webex instead of AdobeConnect. Please see the details about this new platform below in the resources section.
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About the Presenter
PATRICIA WATSON, PhD is a clinical psychologist on the Education Team at the National Center for PTSD. Prior to joining the National Center for PTSD in 1998, she was an active-duty Navy psychologist for 8 years, working with adults for 4 years, and children and families for 4 years. She has specialized in disaster response work since 1999. Dr. Watson is a co-author of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Guide and the Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) Manual, designed to intervene in the immediate and intermediate phases after disasters and terrorism. She also co-edited 3 books on disaster behavioral health interventions, as well as numerous articles, guidance documents, courses and chapters on disaster mental health. Her education includes a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Catholic University, and a postgraduate fellowship in pediatric psychology at Harvard Medical School.
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About the Topic
This presentation will equip mental health providers with evidence-informed strategies and practical tools to support individuals affected by disaster events, including natural disasters, mass violence, and public health emergencies. It provides guidance on recognizing common challenges, tailoring care to individual needs, modifying treatment approaches, fostering coping skills, and applying a framework to enhance safety, calming, connectedness, self-efficacy, and hope. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of effective communication to ensure compassionate and effective care during times of crisis.
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For Mental Health Providers: Working with People Affected by Disaster Events
A range of challenges for people in your care may be present after disaster events, which can be natural or human-caused disasters, mass violence events, and public health emergencies like disease outbreaks, chemical spills, or radiation emergencies.
Read about how to talk about disaster events and modify treatment
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PTSD Awareness
We invite you to help raise PTSD awareness. Our website features a variety of resources to help you spread the word that PTSD treatment works.
Explore our webpage above including our page of promotional materials to learn more about our ideas and resources such as:
- A customizable PowerPoint slide deck to assist with presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Outreach Ideas for Mental Health Providers
- Sample blog post
- Social media posts and graphics
- Shareable videos
- Posters and web banners
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We're Moving to Webex
Starting this month, we will be broadcasting our lectures via Webex. The process to register in TMS and TRAIN will remain the same, but the link to launch the webinar will open your browser to Webex (instead of AdobeConnect).
The Webex page will offer options to download the Webex app or join from the browser. Either option will provide you with the ability to see the slides and listen to the lecture through your device.
The new platform will provide a larger display of the slides and fewer on-screen distractions.
To ask questions or provide feedback about the new experience, please contact us at PTSDconsult@va.gov.
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Our team of expert clinicians is available to consult with any healthcare provider treating U.S. veterans in any setting.
We can discuss assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy, medications, collaborating with VA care, patient and family education, continuing education, and just about anything else related to veterans and PTSD.
No question is too big or too small.
Contact us at PTSDconsult@va.gov or 866-948-7880.
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www.ptsd.va.gov/consult |
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