Welcome to CBT for PTSD

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and BPD is presented.

(note – this seems to be missing how many ce’s this training is worth like the other pages).

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Course Description

This course on CBT for PTSD in individuals with severe mental illness and BPD reviews the effectiveness, feasibility, and tolerability of brief treatment.  This research article was published in Psychiatry Research and is available as an open-access article available in PMC through Human Health Services Public Access.

This course on the efficacy of CBT to treat patients with PTSD and other mental illnesses is designed for social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, nurses, and substance abuse counselors, who do clinical work.  This course is appropriate for intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to learn more about the efficacy of CBT for patients with PTSD and other mental illnesses. The course material includes a review of interventions.  It may also be useful for licensed clinicians who require clinical continuing education courses for license renewal.  The course is based on a journal article that includes research.  It contains statistical analysis and data that some clinicians enjoy reading and others do not.  A major benefit of reading research-based articles for continuing education is they provide practitioners with the latest findings in their field.

Learning Objectives:

This course will provide the practitioner with detailed information regarding the efficacy of CBT to treat patients with PTSD and other mental illnesses. Specifically, a professional will:

• Distinguish between the more effective treatment plans for patients with PTSD
• Compare the effectiveness of CBT alone and Brief therapy.
• Discriminate between Brief intervention and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Course Materials