Practical for Your Practice

One of the most common co-morbid conditions with many of the disorders treated by mental health providers is substance-use disorder (SUD). And while many of us as providers are trained in evidence-based psychotherapies for disorders such as PTSD, MDD, GAD, Primary Insomnia, etc, many of us are not as well trained regarding how to manage or treat co-morbid SUD. Research demonstrates that concurrent treatment of the primary condition and co-morbid SUD has the highest likelihood of positive treatment outcomes. Join us as our guest, Dr. Mark Campanile, discusses medication assisted therapies for SUD and incorporating concurrent treatments for dual diagnosis cases in a Veterans Affairs clinic.

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Treatment of nightmares is an evolving field. Today we’re joined by Dr. Shantel Fernandez Lopez, who introduces us to a treatment option for youth. Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy (ERRT) is one of the evidence-based treatments for nightmares. Though it was originally developed for adults, modifications have been made for use with children and adolescents. As one of the treatment developers, Dr. Fernandez Lopez walks us through those evolutions and shares examples of ERRT in practice….including how to use Scooby Snacks to reclaim good sleep!

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Visit CBT Nightmares Web to complete a free training on CBT for Nightmares (CBT-N).

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Medication-Assisted Treatment may be intimidating, but it can also be life-saving for clients who are facing withdrawal from opioid or alcohol dependency. Today we’re joined by Catherine Perri, Clinical Director of the Ripple Ranch. Catherine provides us with a crash course in understanding what MAT is, addressing the stigma associated with dual diagnoses, and the goal of utilizing MAT in conjunction with evidence-based psychotherapies to treat “the whole person.”

Calls-to-action:

• Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s website for a wealth of resources and unbiased recommendations: https://www.samhsa.gov/
• Learn more about the services available at The Ripple Ranch. https://rippleranch.com/
• Check out CDP’s free resources on motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement skills: https://deploymentpsych.org/Clinical-Skills-Resources
• Research and connect with MAT providers in your area. Collaboration is critical in this subfield.
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Eating disorders often have a “bad rap” as being intractable, difficult to treat, and dangerous. There is a wide range of eating disorders, each with their own unique features and challenges. And to make matters more complicated, many mental health providers do not receive focused training on how to treat these disorders, oftentimes leading to reticence to engage, worried that we’ll say or do the wrong thing. Fortunately there is an effective evidence-based psychotherapy for eating disorders–CBT-E (The E is for “Enhanced”). While CBT-E shares a lot of common ground with other standard CBT therapies, there are some distinct differences and enhancements that address the unique psychological challenges clients with eating disorders face. Join us with Dr. Suzanne Straebler, psychologist and expert in treating eating disorders, as she discusses CBT-E, its general components, and how you can receive focused training to treat these disorders.

Calls-to-action:

1. Screen patients for eating disorders – A brief 5-question screener can be found at – https://eatingdisorderscreener.org/ (*This screener may miss individuals with Binge Eating Disorder. Don’t avoid asking questions about one’s view of their shape and weight and comfort with their current eating habits).
2. Check your own weight bias and stigma and consider how it may impact your views on who can have an eating disorder and its impact on treatment of individuals of all body shapes and sizes– some information can be found here - https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/weight-stigma
3. Eating disorders are treatable with well implemented evidence-based treatments – find out more about one of these treatments, CBT-E, here – https://www.cbte.co/
4. Consider registering for and attending an upcoming CBT-E workshop at CDP. You can find upcoming training opportunities here – https://deploymentpsych.org/training .
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Do you have questions for our hosts? Feedback from prior episodes? Want to share your own “What Is Your Why?” story? Join us on Aug 13, 2024 from 1000-1200 EDT for our first-ever “Live” episode of Practical For Your Practice. Call us at 301-715-8592, code: 4878058925# to talk to our hosts live. Or if you can’t make it at that time, leave us a voicemail message at https://speakpipe.com/cdpp4p or an email at [email protected]. While the episode will not be broadcast/streamed live, we will record, edit, and include the discussion in our final episode of the season. Come join the conversation!

Always been curious about working with the National Guard or Reserves? In this not-to-miss episode we sit down with CDP’s own Jennifer Nevers who not only serves as an integral team member of the Star Behavioral Health Providers Program (SBHP) that aims to expand the availability of high-quality behavioral health services, especially for those in the reserve components BUT Jennifer is also a Major in the Indiana Army National Guard serving as a Behavioral Health Officer (BHO). Jennifer shares her “WHY” with us, both why she chose to join the National Guard as well as why she’s passionate about improving access and quality of care for this population. Come hear about some of the unique opportunities and challenges of serving in the reserve component as well as actionable intel that includes amazing free resources to support YOUR work to include the SBHP program.

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• Opt-in to receive training updates from the Start Behavioral Health Providers Program: SBHP Training Opt-In | Center for Deployment Psychology
• Learn About Military Culture | Center for Deployment Psychology
• Take the Self Awareness Exercise | Center for Deployment Psychology
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Working with clients with suicidal thoughts and behaviors is one of the more difficult and challenging aspects of being a behavioral health provider. This is perhaps even more so when the client is a child or adolescent. An important, and sometimes overlooked, aspect of working with suicidal youth is working with and supporting their caregivers–moms, dads, grandparents, whoever may be primarily responsible for their care. How can we best support them while they are dealing with the scary unknown territory of suicide risk management for their child? At at time when almost 20% of high school students report suicidal ideation in the past year, and 10% report a suicide attempt in the same time period, join us for this vital discussion about caregiver care after youth self-directed violence.

Calls-to-action:

• Check out the resources Dr. Arango mentioned in the episode.
• Watch Dr. Arango’s CDP Presents Webinar: “Social Connectedness and Youth Suicide Prevention” July 11, 2024

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On this episode, Carin and Kevin are joined by long-time host and Friend of CDP, Dr. Andy Santanelllo. Andy has been focused on dissemination and implementation science through The ACT Academy, and returns to the P4P Podcast to share ideas about how we can deliver EBPs more consistently and competently. His suggestions are not just aspirational or “fanciful,” but rather small tweaks that we can make to existing training, supervision, and consultation efforts. Join us as we catch up with Andy and discuss ways to merge cutting-edge science with practical applications for learners, instructors, supervisors, consultants, and everyone in between.

Calls-to-action:

• Include more “doing” and “real plays” in your training, supervision, and consultation.
• Frequently provide informed consent in experiential learning to keep the learning environment safe and professional.
• Ask for more experiential practice from your instructor or consultant
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Guess who's back? Back again… Welcome to Practical for your Practice (P4P) Season 5! Your hosts are excited to kick things off with a reveal of this season’s theme. On P4P, we believe in the importance of relating to each as a behavioral health podcast community. So in that vein, for Season 5 we will be asking our guests “what is their why.” What drew them into the field of behavioral health and the specific slice of the field that they're in? Behavioral health provider origin stories if you will. And what better way to kick things off than to have your hosts disclose theirs. You might even hear about their superpowers. So tune in to hear some actionable intel about career paths and get excited for a great season!

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We asked for your EBP Confessionals and you delivered! Carin, Jenna, and Kevin are relieved to know they are not the only ones who have made blunders while delivering treatment. Today we discuss two “confessions” submitted by our listeners and Carin shares her experience of working with a client who was viscerally impacted by exposure therapy. Tune in for the season 4 finale of The Practical for Your Practice Podcast!

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How do we support providers who are impacted by suicide loss? Although most of us are familiar with the importance of suicide prevention, we are less familiar with the concept of suicide postvention. Dr. Megan Harvey of the Rocky Mountain MIRECC joins us on this episode to discuss how we can compassionately and effectively support providers coping with a suicide loss, either professional or personal. Tune in for this important discussion.

Dr. Harvey is a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working within the VA Health System. She provides consultation and other services as part of the Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program housed by the Rocky Mountain MIRECC.

Resources:

1. The Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program (SRM) provides free consultation, support, and resources to VA or non-VA providers who serve Veterans at risk for suicide. Visit their website SRM Home - MIRECC / CoE (va.gov) or reach out via email: [email protected]
2. The provider section of Uniting for Suicide Postvention (USPV) offers resources, guidance and support to those affected by suicide loss: https://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn19/postvention/providers/
3. Connect with the Coalition of Clinician Survivors for support: www.cliniciansurvivor.org
4. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): https://afsp.org/find-support/ive-lost-someone/
5. American Association of Suicidology (AAS): https://suicidology.org/resources/suicide-loss-survivors/
6. TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) for those impacted by military or Veteran suicide. https://www.taps.org/

Calls-to-action:

1. Acknowledge the loss, whether it is your own or a colleague’s.
2. If you have experienced a loss, talk to a supervisor, close friend, consultant, or personal therapist. Don’t grieve alone.
3. Watch the following video on The Personal and Professional Impact of Suicide Loss: https://youtu.be/Gd4Vcn9tJ1E
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