This training module identifies factors associated with depression and its prevalence and significance in the military population with a focus on deployment. It covers strategies and tools to assess for depression and empirically-validated treatments and adjunct techniques to address it in the military population. Case examples are used to exemplify key points about treatment for depression in Service Members.
Learning Objectives:
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To review the theoretical underpinnings and etiology of depression.
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To become more knowledgeable of factors contributing to depression among military personnel.
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To become more knowledgeable of the rates of depression and their significance in the military population.
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To identify psychological instruments to assess for depression.
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To review empirically-validated treatments for addressing depression and examples of treating military personnel and veterans with depression.
Outline:
- Etiology of depression
- One of the world’s top public health problems
- Clinical depression vs normal sadness
- Relationship between stress and depression
- Unique military stressors that may contribute to depression
- Theories of depression
- Cognitive
- Behavioral
- Neurochemical
- Genetics
- Environmental
- Interpersonal /social support
- Grief and its relationship with depression
- Risk factors for depression
- In general population
- In military population
- Rates of depression
- In general population
- In military population
- Depressive disorders and assessing for them
- Major depressive disorder
- Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- Depression not otherwise specified
- Dysthmia
- Bipolar disorder
- Structured interviews for depression
- Self-report measures for depression
- Depression vs PTSD
- Assessment of depression in Primary Care (RESPECT MIL)
- Empirically-validated treatments and adjunct techniques for addressing depression
- Cognitive therapy
- Behavioral therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
- Medication
- Brief psychodynamic therapy
- Sleep hygiene
- Exercise
- Case study of military service member diagnosed with depression and treatment
Duration: 90-150 minutes (requires break every 90 minutes)
Notes:
Military Culture & Terminology and The Deployment Cycle and Its Impact on Service Members and Their Families are recommended as prerequisites.
*Continuing education credits are available for this course. Fees may apply.