Massachusetts General Hospital Academy

One in three U.S. service members returning from Iraq or Afghanistan will experience signs of combat stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or symptoms of a traumatic brain injury. Only 50% receive their health care through the VA. Other vets and their families will seek care in community settings by primary care and community mental health clinicians.

The Home Base Program in collaboration with the Veteran Administration’s National Center for PTSD is providing this free, CME-certified educational series to assist clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of the silent wounds of war in returning veterans and their families. This live, on-line, interactive educational series is led by nationally recognized faculty with expertise in diagnosing and treating PTSD and TBI with traditional and complementary evidence-based therapy. The faculty will also address the needs of military families and review how to recognize and treat the emotional stress present in spouses, parents, and children of veterans with PTSD or TBI.

This program is intended for: primary care and community mental health providers, pediatricians, community health centers, community mental health centers, college and university health professionals, psychiatric nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, employee assistance programs, clergy and other first responders.

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  Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD
  Psychiatrist, Clinical Director Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Consultation Psychiatry Service and Outpatient Department at Massachusetts General Hospital
  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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  Katherine Clair-Hayes, LICSW
  Director of Family Outreach Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
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  Steffany J. Fredman, PhD
  Clinical Psychologist, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
  Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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  Terrence M. Keane, PhD
  Director, Behavioral Science Division at VA’s National Center for PTSD
  Professor and vice-chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine
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  Roger A. Knight IV,
  Director of Veteran Outreach, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  
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  Bonnie Y. Ohye, PhD
  Clinical Director Family Program, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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  Paula K. Rauch, MD
  Family Program Director, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Director, Marjorie E. Korff PACT Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
  Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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  Naomi M. Simon, MD
  Chief Medical Officer, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  Director, Center for Anxiety & Traumatic Stress Related Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Bruce P. Capehart, MD
  Psychiatrist, Durham VA Medical Center; and Assistant
  Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University
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  Kathleen Chard, PhD
  Director, CPT Implementation Program and PTSD and Anxiety Disorders Division, Cincinnati VA Medical Center
  Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
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  Stephen J. Cozza, MD
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University
  Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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  Nicholas Dutter,
  Veterans Outreach Coordinator, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
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  Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD
  Executive Director, VA’s National Center for PTSD
  Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology at Dartmouth Medical School
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  Margaret M. Harvey, PsyD
  Associate Clinical Director, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
  Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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  Patricia Lester, MD
  Associate Professor-in-Residence at UCLA Semel Institute
  Director of FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) Project
  Co-Director of the Welcome Back Veterans UCLA Family Resilience Center
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  Daniel Maher, LICSW
  Clinical Social Worker, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
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  Barbara Rothbaum, PhD
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine
  Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program (TARP) at Emory University
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  Stefan Schmertz, PhD
  Psychologist, Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
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  Ross D. Zafonte, DO
  Vice President Medical Affairs Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  Clinical and Research Leader for Traumatic Brain Injury Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
  

Accreditation:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

Credit Designation: 

Physicians: McLean Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers: Each session of this program has been approved for 1 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D 51601.

Psychologists: The Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education (CE) for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program. This offering meets the criteria for 14 Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists.

Nurses: This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 14 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit.

Faculty Disclosure:
As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of the McLean Hospital to require the disclosure of anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity. All relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests and/or manufacturers must be disclosed to participants at the beginning of each activity. Faculty disclosures for each presenter will be listed with their biographical information.

Resolution of Conflict of Interest (COI): McLean Hospital has implemented a process to resolve COI for each CME activity. In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance and ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public, McLean Hospital has resolved the conflict by External Content Review.

Planners

The following planners of this activity have indicated that neither they nor their families have a significant financial interest or affiliation with the manufacturer of any commercial products or provider of commercial services:

Robert J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD: Planner

John A. Fromson, MD: Planner, reviewer

Anan Nathif, EdM: Planner

Tristan Gorrindo, MD: Planner

Hardware/Software Specifications: 

This internet-based CME activity is best experienced using Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 3+, Safari 4+. This Web site requires that JavaScript and session cookies be enabled. Certain activities may require additional software to view multimedia, presentation, or printable versions of the content. These activities will be marked as such and will provide links to the required software. That software may be: Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Windows Media Player.

Optimal System Configuration:
Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 10.1+
Browser: Firefox 3+, Internet Explorer 8.0+, Safari 4.0+, or Google Chrome 7.0+
Operating System: Windows XP+ or Mac OS X 10.4+
Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher

Minimum Requirements:
Windows PC:
500-MHz Pentium II; Windows XP or higher; 128 MB RAM; Video Card at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card at least 16-bit; Macromedia Flash Player 10 or higher, audio playback with speakers for programs with video content; Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Safari 1.0+, Google Chrome, or Opera
Macintosh:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with latest updates installed; 1.83MHz Intel Core Duo or faster; RAM: 128MB or more; Video Card: at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card: at least 16-bit

Speaker Disclosures

Disclosures for speakers will be available within each specific activity.