The Dissociative Subtype of PTSD - Shared Decision-Making for PTSD

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational

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

Course Description

Improve your practice with this course on the Dissociative Subtype of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In recent years, compelling evidence has emerged that PTSD+DS represents a distinct clinical population with distinct neurobiological and epidemiological features. PTSD+DS, in addition to meeting full criteria for PTSD, captures people who additionally respond to trauma-related stimuli with dissociative symptoms (depersonalization or derealization) and association emotional detachment. This comes in addition to the two dissociative symptoms contained in the core diagnostic criteria for PTSD: dissociative flashbacks and dissociative amnesia.

This course aims to provide guidelines for therapy as well as a summary of the material that has been published on the unique characteristics of this subpopulation. Additionally, the course examines collaborative decision-making interventions and their applications in clinical practice.

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the professional will be able to:

1. Summarize the correlates of the dissociative subtypes of PTSD
2. Summarize the neurobiological correlates of the dissociative subtype of PTSD
3. Identify treatment implications when dissociation accompanies PTSD
4. Describe shared decision-making interventions for working with clients with PTSD
5. Summarize the benefits of shared decision-making interventions for PTSD

Author(s)/Reference(s)

Francesca L. Schiavone- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Paul Frewen, PhD- Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario

Margaret McKinnon, PhD- Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, McMaster University and Homewood Research Institute

Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD- Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario Department of Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario

Juliette Harik, PhD- National Center for PTSD

Published by: National Center for PTSD