PTSD and Violent Death:
Interventions for a New Field
Research is recent in its finding that violent loss bereavement can be even more painful than bereavement following non-violent death and often involves symptoms of unremitting depression and PTSD. (Kaltman & Bonanno, 2003; Zisook, Chentsova-Dutton & Shuchter, 1998)
Course Information
This course provides an overview of the new field of violent death bereavement and its clinical picture. The risk for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other complications is often under-diagnosed and under-treated. Violent dying accounts for nearly ten percent of annual deaths in the U.S. and twenty percent of our returning military. Ten to twelve additional family members or caregivers are significantly impacted, as well. You will be introduced to emerging approaches and resources, along with the need for community-based support. You will also learn about a preliminary, systematic model of intervention with a firm theoretical base, which, after a three-year pilot study, shows significant promise. Available Feb 10 – March 28, 2009.
Audience
This course is intended for those who live and work with violent death, such as clinicians, clergy, educators, health practitioners, criminal justice professionals, crisis teams, and others who are involved in support and development in the field.
Benefits
Upon completion of the course, you will have increased knowledge of PTSD and other risk factors following violent death; be familiar with specific interventions that reduce symptom intensity; be able to identify resiliencies that foster healing and accommodation to violent death and know about specific resources to further your support and interests.
The Instructor
Connie Saindon, MFT, is listed among the few specialists in the field of violent death bereavement. In 1998, she founded the Survivors of Violent Loss Program in San Diego. She has provided program development, clinical services, and training and supervision to medical residents, interns, and area clinicians. Her commitment to excellence in care is related to the loss of her sister, aged 17, to homicide in 1961. She has a faculty appointment at UC San Diego School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. Her work has included training provided for the District Attorney Victim Advocates, hospice personnel, and nonprofit agencies, as well as international and state conferences. She is a contributing author of Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis, ed. By Edward Rynearson. She is the author of The Journey: Ten Steps to Learning to Live with Violent Death.
Enroll
On our Web site: extension.ucsd.edu (search using section no. 068894), then click on Enroll Now.
By phone at (858) 882-8000 (provide section no. 068894)
Location: ucsdextension.blackboard.com
Fee: $125, no refunds after Feb 10
BRN, BBS: 9 hrs. CE credit
This program meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider# PCE 725.
Board of Registered Nursing: approved provider #00058
