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PTSD and Substance Use Disorders as Co-Occurring Disorders: Causes, Connections, and Treatment

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2 CE Hours
Clinical
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Description

The training will address fundamental problematic approaches to the conversation or intervention attempts about substance use disorders with affected individuals; offer alternative strategies tied to underlying issues that cause both PTSD and SUD; and identify evidence-based treatments and how and why they are more or less effective.

Target Audience
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to improve diagnosis and treatment of co-occurring disorders of PTSD and substance use disorders by professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify four well-intended but problematic approaches to prevention conversations and treatment of PTSD and SUD.

  • Describe the core issue for problematic substance use versus non-problematic experimental and social use.

  • Explain the theoretical foundations and applicability of professionally adopted evidence based treatments.

References
  • Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Peters, N., Babaii, A., & Egeland, K. (2022). Implementation of evidence-based treatment for PTSD in Norway: Clinical outcomes and impact of probable complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 1-10.

  • Doran, J. M., & O'Shea, M. (2019). In their own words: Clinician experiences and challenges in administering evidence-based treatments for PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatric Quarterly, 90(1), 11-27.

  • Krupnick, J. L., Melnikoff, E., & Reinhard, M. (2016). A pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for PTSD in women veterans. Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, 79(1), 56-69.

  • Mah, R. (2013). Mine, yours, and ours: Addiction and compulsivity in couples and couple therapy. Smashwords.

  • Roberts, N. P., Lotzin, A., & Schäfer, I. (2023). Psychological treatment of PTSD with comorbid substance use disorder (SUD): Expert recommendations of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), 1-8.

Advanced
Clinical
Counselor

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

In review.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group:

CE Policy
Please note that the references listed for this program include a book authored by Ronald Mah, the instructor of the program. Participants are not required to purchase books authored by Ronald Mah. However, if participants do purchase these books, Ronald Mah will receive financial compensation for such purchases. This course is fiscally sponsored by The Ridge Ohio. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Ronald Mah, M.A., Ph.D., L.M.F.T.

Ronald Mah is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. He is the author of “Difficult Behavior in Early Childhood,” (2006), “The One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution” (2008), and “Getting Beyond Bullying and Exclusion, PreK-5, Empowering Children in Inclusive Classrooms” (2009), in addition to several e-books and DVDs. Dr. Mah has 16 years of experience in early childhood education. He is the owner of a childcare center and has elementary & secondary teaching credentials. He is also on the Board of Directors of the California Kindergarten Association and was a college instructor. Dr. Mah is the Co-Director of the MFT Masters Program at the Western Institute for Social Research, Berkeley. He is also on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapist (2008-2012) and (2021-current) and has presented for CAMFT conferences and symposiums.

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