Launching a Competency-Based Training Program in Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD: Supporting Veteran-Serving Mental Health Providers in Texas

for the STRONG STAR Training Initiative

doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00676-7

Launching a Competency-Based Training Program in Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD: Supporting Veteran-Serving Mental Health Providers in Texas

for the STRONG STAR Training Initiative

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Abstract

Community mental health providers play an essential role in delivering services to veterans who either have limited access to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities or who prefer to seek care outside of the VA. However, there are limited training opportunities in evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) outside of the VA. In 2017, the STRONG STAR Training Initiative was established to develop competency-based training in two evidence-based therapies for PTSD and to provide that training for mental health providers serving veterans and their families in community settings in Texas. This article describes the program’s development and implementation, baseline characteristics of participating clinicians, and lessons learned toward the scale-up and extension of this competency-based training effort to include other interventions and locations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	910-919
Number of pages	10
Journal	Community Mental Health Journal
Volume	57
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00676-7
State	Published - Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognitive processing therapy
Dissemination
Evidence-based treatments
PTSD
Prolonged exposure
Training

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Launching a Competency-Based Training Program in Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD: Supporting Veteran-Serving Mental Health Providers in Texas

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