Social Worker
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism
Credits
15 CE credit hours training
Cost
Source
TRAINING
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Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Course Description:
This training contains "the basics" of what mental health providers, crime victim
assistance professionals, and faith-based counselors need to know to provide appropriate
mental health support following incidents involving criminal mass victimization.
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Learning Objectives
After completing this training the health care professional will be able to:
- Assist victims, survivors, and family members cope with trauma and loss
- Assist victims, survivors, and family members participate in the criminal justice process
- Assist the community-at large in recovery through education, outreach, and support
- Describe and manage service providers' own work-related stress responses.
- Outline major lessons learned in behavioral health following episodes of mass violence, such as the tsunami, Katrina, etc
- Assess risk and protective factors of various populations as regards to mental health and disasters or emergencies
- Define crisis intervention
- Identify signs and symptoms of distress
- Describe and utilize tools for effective crisis interventions
- Apply knowledge from this course to practice and/or other professional contexts.
Deborah J. Wolfe, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Director and Co-founder, Project Opportunity
Published by SAMHSA
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