The Battle at Home: Exploring the Complexities of PTSD, Substance Misuse, and Other Co-Occurring Conditions in the African American Veteran Population- Webinar
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Description
While the list of individuals and groups receiving mental healthcare in the United States is both broad and diverse, veterans remain among the most unique and complex of all special populations, especially African Americans. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), serious mental illness (SMI), major depressive episode (MDE), and substance use disorder (SUD) are on the rise in this population, and in 2020 alone, 5.2 million Veterans experienced a behavioral health condition (2022). This training will examine the prevalence and complexities of substance misuse, PTSD, and other co-occurring conditions among the veteran population, and explore efficient strategies in clinical care, case coordination, and referral. Through didactic lecture and discussion, participants will acquire useful skills for the treatment of veterans with co-occurring conditions.
Presenter
Thurston Smith, DMIN, LAC/S, MPA, CCS, currently serves as a region 4 professional consultant for the Opioid Response Network (ORN) and is an administrative and program surveyor for CARF International, a nonprofit accreditor of health and human service agencies that seeks to improve the quality of services and outcomes for persons served. With an over 30-year affiliation with NAADAC, he’s served in a number of leadership roles in the association, including Southeast Regional Vice-President, Executive Secretary, and National Membership Chair. A civic leader possessing a broad range of expertise in the areas of public policy, behavioral health, criminal justice, and organizational leadership, Smith has a distinguished professional history replete with numerous honors and public service appointments. He also serves as chair of the African American Healthcare Access & Recovery Coalition, is a former Associate Professor of Psychology and Sociology at Graceland University, and executive-career field retiree of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to discuss the prevalence of co-occurring disorders among Black veterans and their impact on interpersonal functioning.
- Participants will be able to analyze the complicated nature of behavioral healthcare practice in African American veterans.
- Participants will be able to examine and demonstrate the application of evidence-based approaches in treating and responding to veterans from different cultures with complex cooccurring conditions.
Content Level
All Levels.
- Beginning level courses introduce learners to a content area; include information about a condition, treatment method, or issue; and involve learning and comprehending content.
- Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.
- Advanced level courses provide content for participants who have been working in the content area and have a clear understanding of the issues. These courses cover and address the complexities involved in the work and involve synthesizing material to create new patterns or structures or evaluating material for a specific purpose.
Interactivity
Polls and Q&A.
Price
Education is FREE to all professionals.
Earn 1.5 Continuing Education Hours (CEs)
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- A score of 80% or higher is required to pass the CE quiz and access your CE certificate. You have 10 opportunities to pass the quiz. If you are unable to pass the quiz in the allocated number of tries, then you must retake the course.
- Upon passing the CE quiz, you will be required to complete the survey evaluation for the course. Once that is completed, your CE certificate will be immediately available to print. All certificates will be stored in the NAADAC Education Center under your profile name. Click here for detailed step-by-step instructions for accessing your CE quiz and downloading your CE certificate.
This webinar is eligible for ASWB ACE CE hours. Click here for NAADAC Social Worker certificate instructions.
This course meets the qualifications for one and a half (1.5) hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Who Should Attend
Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters.
Accessibility
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