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Presenters: Matthew Jakupcak, PhD
Biographic Summary: Matthew Jakupcak is a clinical psychologist and researcher who has studied and treated psychological trauma, post-traumatic stress, and high-risk behaviors in military veterans, first-responders (i.e., firefighters, paramedics, police officers), and young male adults. Dr. Jakupcak has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters and presented at over 70 national and regional conferences and workshops on the topics of suicidal behaviors, interpersonal violence, and treatment interventions in trauma-exposed populations.
Background: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), previously classified as an anxiety disorder in DSM-IV, is now one of the most widely recognized condition among DSM-5 trauma-related disorders. Prolonged exposure (PE), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) have robust support as effective, trauma-focused psychotherapies. However, there is a greater risk of treatment drop-out among trauma focused therapies relative to present-centered therapies, with growing evidence suggesting that long-term outcomes are comparable across trauma-focused and present centered therapies. One of the emerging present-centered therapy alternatives for PTSD is Behavioral Activation (BA). BA, an evidence-based therapy for major depression, has been further developed and applied for the treatment PTSD by the presenter and other independent researchers. The brevity, flexibility, and ease of learning BA makes it ideal for application in non-mental health settings, such as primary care and rehabilitation clinics. This workshop will review BA principles and structure, its application for the treatment of PTSD, and give attendees an opportunity to discuss clinical examples and role play BA intervention strategies. A Patient-Oriented BA for PTSD Workbook will be discussed as a resource for patients and providers.
Presentation Content: Dr. Jakupcak will describe Behavioral Activation, a contextual behavioral psychotherapy approach shown to be effective for treating PTSD. He will describe the empirical support for BA for PTSD and present findings of a research study of BA for PTSD in returning Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans. Dr. Jakupcak will also provide case examples to illustrate core components of BA, as well as challenges of applying this approach to address PTSD in Veterans. Finally, Dr. Jakupcak will discuss how to use the “PTSD Behavioral Activation Workbook” with persons to guide/augment individual therapy.
Clinical Case Examples will be used to illustrate assessment and clinical intervention strategies and audience participation in Role-Playing and Open Discussions will be encouraged throughout the presentation.
Learning Objectives:
1) Attendees will be able to describe the theory and core components of Behavioral Activation (BA) used to treat Depression and PTSD
2) Attendees will become familiar with the empirical support for BA as a treatment for PTSD
3) Attendees will be able to describe research finding specific to a test of BA as a treatment for PTSD among returning Veterans
4) Attendees will be able to describe the “real world” clinical challenges and benefits of applying BA to treat PTSD.
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