PTSD 101 Presenter: Daniel Kivlahan, PhD

Seattle VAMC
University of Washington

Dr. Kivlahan received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983. Since 1998, he has been Director of the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE) at VA Puget Sound in Seattle where he has been an addiction treatment clinician and investigator since 1985.

He is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington and from 2004 - 2010 served as Clinical Coordinator of the VA Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Quality Enhancement Research Initiative to implement evidence-based practices in treatment of SUD. He co-chaired the work group that in 2009 completed the revision of the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for SUD and has been active in development and validation of quality indicators based on guideline recommendations.

In 2010, Dr. Kivlahan accepted the new field-based position as Associate National Mental Health Program Director for Addictive Disorders, Office of Mental Health Services, VHA and he currently serves as Acting Director. Among his 100+ peer reviewed publications are validation studies on the AUDIT-C to screen for alcohol misuse across care settings, reports on SUD and co-occurring conditions including PTSD, and analyses from several clinical trials including the COMBINE Study for combined pharmacologic and psychosocial treatment of alcohol dependence.

Courses by this instructor

Managing PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders