VISN 22 Education
The Education and Dissemination Unit provides the most current information related to mental health disorders and evidenced-based practices, especially as pertaining to severe mental illnesses. The goals of the unit are:- to disseminate the latest evidence-based practices and peer-reviewed mental health research to Veterans, family members and clinicians
- to address the education needs of VA clinicians in VISN 22, and
- to support the VA Office of Mental Health in the national implementation of evidence-based practices.
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Education Products for Veterans and Family Members
Brochure - What Is Bipolar Disorder? This brochure covers basic facts about bipolar disorder including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available. Requests for a digital or hard copy of the brochure can be sent to [email protected].
Brochure - What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?Brochure - What Is Major Depression? This brochure covers basic facts about depression including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available. Requests for a digital or hard copy of the brochure can be sent to [email protected].
Brochure - What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
This brochure covers basic facts about obsessive-compulsive disorder including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available.
This brochure is also available in Spanish.
Folleto-¿Qué es El Trastorno Obsesivo-Compulsivo?
Brochure - What Are Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia? This brochure covers basic facts about panic disorder and agoraphobia including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available. This brochure is also available in Spanish. Requests for a digital or hard copy of the brochure can be sent to [email protected].
Brochure - What Is Schizoaffective Disorder? This brochure covers basic facts about schizoaffective disorder including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available. Requests for a digital or hard copy of the brochure can be sent to [email protected].
Brochure - What Is Schizophrenia? This brochure covers basic facts about schizophrenia including prevalence, diagnosis, symptoms, medication, how family members can help and treatments available. Requests for a digital or hard copy of the brochure can be sent to [email protected].
Brochure - Cognitive Training in Serious Mental Illness
This brochure provides information about the different types of cognitive training, the conditions necessary to benefit from it, and how to access this intervention in the community.
Education Products for Clinicians
Veteran Centered Brief Family Consultation Training Curriculum TMS (37314)
This four-hour course teaches clinicians the fundamentals of Family Consultation, a brief intervention in which the family meets with mental health professionals to resolve issues related to a patient's treatment and recovery. The course consists of five simple modules which include an introduction to Family Consultation, how to inform and engage Veterans in the intervention, how to inform and engage family members in the intervention, how to conduct Family Consultation sessions, and how to conduct the follow-up session.
Participants will learn how to explore ways of integrating Family Consultation into their clinical work and practice the procedures in role plays. This course is accredited for ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, APA, ASWB, NBCC, NYSED SW.
Instructional Set (DVD/CD) - Veteran-Centered Brief Family Consultation
The DVD presents instructional and educational information about the core skills of Family Consultation, and the CD provides handouts and assessment tools commonly used in the intervention.
Instructional Set (4 DVDs/CD) – Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT) for Serious Psychiatric Disorders
The DVDs provide comprehensive training in BFT, and the CD provides lecture notes, assessment tools, and all the needed handouts to implement the intervention.Request Hard Copies of Education Products
All products listed above are available in hard copy format. To request a copy, please contact [email protected] and provide the following information:- Name of person requesting a copy
- Name of the education product being requested
- Valid mailing address
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