 66th Annual Conference
Thursday,
February 19
Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Workshop
12
Group
Therapy Applications for Returning Veterans
Chairs:
David Foy,
Ph.D.,
Professor of
Psychology, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine
University, Malibu, California
Barbara Niles,
Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, VA Boston
Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
Melissa S.
Wattenberg,
Clinical Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston,
Massachusetts
We will present
several group approaches to combat-related trauma, with emphasis on
application to treatment of returning veterans. These manualized
treatments include Trauma-Focus and Present-Centered Therapies, as
well as additional short-term skills-
based
groups. Topics include: facilitating community
reintegration/transition from combat role; validating combat trauma;
destigmatizing distress; supporting family/couples relationships.
didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-experiential
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1.
Recognize combat-related themes and patterns in group therapy.
2.
Identify emergence of PTSD symptoms and trauma triggers in the group
process, and use group techniques to intervene in these instances.
3.
Understand the power and limitations of group therapy as applied to
treatment of returning veterans (advantages and obstacles to
treatment).
4.
Respond to potential of redeployment to war zone.
Course References:
1. Friedman, M. J.
(2006) Posttraumatic stress disorder among military returnees from
Afghanistan and Iraq. Am J Psychiatry 163:4, April 2006
2. Gross R., Neria
Y., Engel A. G., Aquilino C. A., Hoge C. W., Messer S. C., Castro C.
(2004).Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and mental health
problems N Engl J Med 351:1798-1800.
3. Hoge CW,
Auchterlonie JL, Milliken CS (2006) : Mental health problems, use of
mental health services, and attrition from military service after
returning from deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. JAMA;
295(9):1023-32
4. Hoge, CW., Castro,
CA., Messer S.C., McGurk, D, Cotting, DI., Koffman, RL. (2004)
Combat Duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mental Health Problems, and
Barriers to Care. N Engl J Med 351: 13-22
5. Kingsley, G.
(2007). Contemporary Group Treatment of Combat-Related
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder . Journal of the American Academy of
Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 35(1) 51-69
6. Wattenberg, M. S.,
Foy, D. W., Unger, W., and Glynn, S. M., Present-Centered Group
Therapy (PCGT): An Evidence-based Approach to Trauma with Adults;
and Unger, W., Wattenberg, M. S., Foy, D. W., and Glynn, S. M.,
Trauma-Focus Group Therapy (TFGT): An Evidence-based Approach to
Trauma with Adults. In
Psychological Effects of Catastrophic
Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment, eds, Shein et al.,
Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, 2006
7. Seal, K. H., et
al, Bringing the war back home: mental health disorders among
103,788 US veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan seen at
Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.Arch Intern Med. 2007 Mar
12;167(5):476-82.
8. Killgore WD,
Cotting DI, Thomas JL, Cox AL, McGurk D, Vo AH, Castro CA, Hoge CW.
Post-combat invincibility: Violent combat experiences are associated
with increased risk-taking propensity following deployment. J
Psychiatr Res. 2008 Feb 19 |
