Attention A T users. To access the menus on this page please perform the following steps.
1. Please switch auto forms mode to off.
2. Hit enter to expand a main menu option (Health, Benefits, etc).
3. To enter and activate the submenu links, hit the down arrow.
You will now be able to tab or arrow up or down through the submenu options to access/activate the submenu links.
Locator
Contact
Search
Search
Menu
Engaging Patients in PTSD Treatment
Continuing Education
This section brings together free in-depth Continuing Education resources for the Professional community concerned with trauma.
Engaging Patients in PTSD Treatment
- Date Created: 09/ 7/2016
- Time to Complete: 1 hour
- Credits: APA, ASWB
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Course Series: PTSD 101
Author(s):
Description
Clinicians and patients may be initially resistant to PTSD psychotherapies, despite evidence that they are effective. This course reviews the evidence base and utilization data for PTSD psychotherapies available in Veterans Affairs and defines patient engagement.
The author discusses multiple levels of engagement and recommends strategies for increasing provider and patient engagement with evidence-based psychotherapies.
This course includes videos of the author demonstrating engagement techniques useful for VA and non-VA clinicians.
Goals and Objectives
- Define patient engagement in PTSD psychotherapy
- Discuss system-, provider-, and patient-level factors of engagement in PTSD treatment
- Describe and demonstrate recommended PTSD treatment engagement strategies
