Posttraumatic Stress: Psychological Wellbeing Following Adverse Life Events
Activity description
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. It can occur in people of any ethnicity, nationality or culture, and any age. For people with PTSD, the symptoms cause significant distress or problems functioning. PTSD often occurs with other related conditions, such as depression, substance use, memory problems, and other physical and mental health problems. This activity will discuss the cause and effect of PTSD and describe the treatment and therapies to reduce symptoms and improve functioning following adverse life events.
Provided by
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.
Commercial support
This activity is supported by Optum Consumer Solutions Group.
Hardware/Software requirements
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, therapists, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians interested in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Define posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Identify the effects of long-term sustained stress on performance.
- Describe treatments and therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Faculty
Brian J. Masterson, MD, MPH, FACLP, FAPM
Senior Behavioral Health Medical Director
Optum
Planners
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Lorenzo Triana, MD
Chief Clinical Operations Officer
Optum Behavioral Health
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education (OHE) requires all those involved in the development of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or his/her spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Ms. Gleason has indicated she is an employee of and owns stock in UnitedHealth Group.
The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation statementIn support of improving patient care, OptumHealth Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designation statementsThis activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.00 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour ([0.10] CEU) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 1.00 contact hour.
Unique Activity Number(s): JA0007123-0000-19-203-L04-P/T
Physicians
OptumHealth Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
AAPC-Certified coders
AAPC will honor 1-for-1 CEUs for any live event offering CME credit or AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation. The certificate will give the total CMEs possible for the offering. Physicians are advised to claim only the actual hours that they were present during the education. We ask that AAPC-certified members abide by this request also. One hour of instruction is worth 1 CEU.
Counselors, psychologists, social workers and/or marriage and family therapists
Participants must have attended the entire Web-based activity and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Partial credit is not available.
Psychologists
OptumHealth Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this program. 1.00 CE hour.
Social workersAs a Jointly Accredited Organization, OptumHealth Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 live continuing education credits.
Counselors and/or marriage and family therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA and ASWB for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA or ASWB approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals, such as those listed below. Check with your board to be sure.
Disability access
If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 14 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Please note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and, while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board's approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 APA - Psychologists
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Registration Information
This webcast is intended for invited Optum/UnitedHealth Group employees only.
Activity date/time: This webcast will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, from 10–11 a.m. CST.
Registration instructions: You must be logged into your account in order to register for this webcast. Once logged in, enter the access code (provided via email or your manager), click "Unlock" and then click “Continue/Begin” and follow the prompts.
Registration confirmation: Registrants will receive an email confirmation upon successful completion of registration. This confirmation will be sent to the email address associated with your optumhealtheducation.com account. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 30 minutes after registering, please contact moreinfo@optumhealtheducation.com.
Fees: There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this activity.
Questions: Email moreinfo@optumhealtheducation.com