Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Pain in the Nation: Healthcare Systems Brief

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Trust for America's Health. Published: 5/2019. This 18-page brief, co-published with the Well Being Trust, focuses on how to support a whole health approach to alcohol and drug misuse by focusing on prevention, collaborations, and partnerships that will result in enhanced behavioral health services. It describes how deaths of despair dramatically impact the nation’s healthcare system, with overdose patients inundating hospitals and overwhelming first responders. (PDF)

Assessment and Treatment of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) in Individuals with Co-Occurring Psychotic Disorders

03/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 3/29/2019. There are many barriers that obstruct appropriate assessment of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and that keep clinicians from providing essential and effective treatment of PTSD in those with psychosis. This course provides a practical guide for overcoming those barriers. The author presents clinical tips for assessment of PTSD in those with co-occurring psychosis. (Video or Multimedia)

2017 Revised Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): Recommendations for Psychotherapy

03/29/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 3/29/2019. Current evidence synthesized in the 2017 revision of the Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) supports trauma-focused psychotherapy as the most effective treatment. This course reviews the updated recommendations for those who treat veterans, including the use of shared decision making for treatment planning. The author describes the guideline revision process, and focuses on treatment recommendations related to psychotherapy. (Video or Multimedia)

2017 Revised Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): How It Impacts Primary Care

03/28/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 3/28/2019. The Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was revised in 2017, providing updated recommendations for those who treat veterans. This course specifically aims to help primary care providers become knowledgeable about the recommendations relevant to their practice. The presented material is useful for all types of mental health and medical providers. The authors review the current guidelines, explaining the development process for revisions, and highlighting changes from the previous edition. (Video or Multimedia)

2017 Revised Clinical Practice Guideline for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): Recommendations for Medications

03/27/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 3/27/2019. The Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was revised in 2017, providing updated recommendations for those who treat veterans. This course reviews the recommendations related to medication, including treatment selection, pharmacotherapy, augmentation therapy, prazosin, combination therapy, and non-pharmacologic biological treatments. The author highlights changes from the previous guideline edition to assist providers with PTSD care based on the latest evidence. (Video or Multimedia)

Treating PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Suicide Risk: Separating Myth from Fact

03/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 3/21/2019. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a well-established risk factor for suicidal behavior. This course reviews data that support the safe and effective treatment of PTSD among those with suicide risk, identifies common myths about individuals with PTSD and suicide risk, and describes recommendations for empirically-supported trauma therapies to treat suicidal patients with PTSD. (Video or Multimedia)

Pain in the Nation Update: While Deaths from Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide Slowed Slightly in 2017, Rates Are Still at Historic Highs

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Trust for America's Health. Published: 3/2019. More than 150,000 Americans died from alcohol- and drug-induced causes and suicide in 2017 — more than twice as many as in 1999 — according to this 20-page analysis by the Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust. It provides information about deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide, and discusses the rise of fentanyl and synthetic opioids. It provides state-level data on alcohol, drug, suicide, opioid, and synthetic-opioid deaths and death rates. (PDF)