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. The main goal of this site is to provide
PTSD/trauma-related curriculum that offers a range of relevant
and timely topics with a goal of developing or enhancing
practitioner knowledge of trauma and its treatment. There are a
variety of courses developed for professionals at all levels of
experience. PTSD 101 is offered to support Department of
Veterans Affairs clinicians (and selected clinicians from other
sectors) nationwide.
As a result of the Gulf Wars and, most currently, the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq, the National Center for PTSD and the Department of
Veterans Affairs recognized the on-going need for providers to receive
up-to-date knowledge and training in the provision of services to those
veterans, reserve, guard, and active duty personnel of our "new
wars." PTSD 101 was developed as one avenue to address this
need.
PTSD 101 is:
- a web-based curriculum of diverse topics focusing on issues related
to combat stress/PTSD
- available on-demand for professionals who provide services to
individuals who have experienced trauma
- presented by a faculty of recognized experts in the field of
traumatic stress
- developed specifically with busy clinicians in mind
- appropriate for both seasoned PTSD professionals or those new to
PTSD treatment/military personnel.
Course topics were selected after consensus from group meetings of
expert providers, representing multidisciplinary perspectives from
Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, the Department of Defense,
and academia nationwide. The over-arching question was, "What do
busy line clinicians need to know to enhance their care of both
veterans, active duty, guard, and reserve—in light of the Gulf Wars and
those in Afghanistan and Iraq?"
