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What is PSTD101?
PTSD 101 is a web-based educational resource that is designed for busy practitioners who provide services to military men and women and their families as they recover from combat stress or other traumatic events.

PTSD 101 is...

PTSD 101 is a web-based curriculum of diverse topics focusing on issues related to combat stress/PTSD. It is available on-demand for professionals who provide services to individuals who have experienced trauma. Courses are presented by a faculty of recognized experts in the field of traumatic stress. CE Credits are now available!


Courses: Categories

The categories are grouped into subject-matter areas. Each category contains links to course modules that address a given topic area:


Special Feature:
Iraq Never Leaves Us: PTSD and My Life

Hear the vivid and moving personal account of a "New Warrior's" deployment experiences in Iraq and his post-deployment struggle with PTSD. Marine Reservist Bob Page tells his story of how combat-related stress has impacted many facets of his life and of how the VA has played a role in his on-going personal battle with PTSD. NOTE: This special feature is not a course, but instead a story of one veteran's experiences.

Iraq Never Leaves Us: PTSD and My Life


Interact With Other PTSD Professionals

For Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Practitioners ONLY:

To encourage the formation of a strong professional community, and the improvement of services offered to military men and women and their families, PTSD 101 offers a Bulletin Board for Department of Veterans Affairs practitioners. The Bulletin Board allows DVA practitioners the opportunity to discuss topics of relevance to the trauma community.

Department of Veterans Affairs practitioners can go to this site on the VA Intranet. The PTSD 101 Bulletin Board is open to VA personnel only at this time.

For VA Clinicians

We unfortunately cannot post VA Intranet links here on our public internet website. To get to the Bulletin Board:

  1. Go to the VA IntrAnet
  2. In the url address bar, following "vaww." type or copy/paste in:
    collage.research/collage2/ptsd101/public/tools_bbs_forumIndex.asp

To start, select a forum from one of the categories OR click on the "Forums" button and select from the pull down menu on the Forums page.