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Program description:

There has been a swell of concern among the public and among professionals working in schools, juvenile justice, law enforcement and behavioral health services about violent behavior among children and adolescents. There is a need to advance the practice of assessing violence risk in juveniles to parallel the progress made in assessing adults, and to develop a systematic and thoughtful approach to assessing situations where an adolescent may come to official attention because of some threatening or otherwise inappropriate communication or behavior of concern.

This presentation addresses precisely those issues and will review recent trends in youth violence, summarize and distill twenty years of research on violence risk factors in youth, and discuss principles for conducting an effective, developmentally-informed risk assessment for youth including the use of structured assessment instruments. Special attention will be given to distinguishing between assessments of risk for general violence and those for targeted violence. The training will also help participants to understand the current “state of the science” in providing effective interventions for youth violence .

Child/Adolescent Development and Violence Risk
Types of Aggression in Youth
Risk Factors for Violence in Adolescents
Understanding and Assessing “Psychopathic Traits” in Youth
Risk Assessment vs. Violence Prediction
Principles for Effective Risk Assessment
Targeted Violence and Threat Assessment
Current Approaches to Assess Risk for Targeted Violence
Principles of the Threat Assessment Approach
Principles for Conducting an Effective Threat Assessment
What works in Treating Violent Adolescents

Home Study program duration (CE credit): 3.5 hours

Presenter: Randy Borum, Psy.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

This video is from a live conference presentation and is largely unedited. In some cases you may not hear a question asked by a participant however, in most cases the presenter will repeat the question. Best viewing is done with a mid-sized screen as a full screen will lose some of its resolution. We recommend you take notes just as you would if you were in a live conference as those notes will be helpful to learning and will come in handy for the test which follows.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a troubling condition, for the patient, his/her relationships, as well as the therapist. BPD is characterized by rapid mood swings, intense and tumultuous attachments in relationships and frequently, suicidal thoughts. These conditions can make clients with BPD difficult to manage and treat in therapy, especially when using a “treatment-as-usual” approach, however appropriate treatment has been shown to lead to very positive outcomes. This workshop will review the characteristics and current assessment measures for BPD. Emotional dysregulation is a core characteristic of BPD and its significance will be addressed. Management of suicidal behaviors are critical, given that those behaviors are the signature response of BPD. Additionally, the clinical characteristics of BPD will be enumerated. Dr. Linehan will discuss the latest research on treatment for BPD and compare the success of the leading treatment modalities. Since most research has been done on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), she will discuss how and why she believes that therapy is the treatment of choice. Her lecture will be augmented with case studies exemplifying the use of DBT with BPD clients.

Workshop Content

• Characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
• Why assess for BPD?
• Assessment measures for BPD
• Easy screening measures
• Structured Interviews
• Semi-structured Interviews
• Clinical Interviews
• Emotion dysregulation as the core characteristic of BPD
• Suicidal behaviors as the signature response of BPD
• Clinical characteristics of BPD
• Latest research on treatment of BPD
• Treatment-as-Usual
• Schema-focused Therapy
• Transference-Based Psychotherapy
• Mentalization-Based Psychotherapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours– watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!

Presenter: Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

This program presents empirically-derived life span models of dependent personality disorder (DPD) and avoidant personality disorder (APD). Developmental antecedents of DPD and APD are described, and the impact of gender, culture, and age on the expression of dependent and avoidant traits are discussed. Following an overview of the DSM-IV-TR DPD and APD criteria, well-validated interview, questionnaire, and projective instruments for assessing dependent and avoidant traits are reviewed. Treatment issues in therapeutic work with DPD and APD patients are discussed in detail, emphasizing four domains (cognitive, affective, motivational, behavioral) where therapeutic interventions may be targeted. A broad range of therapeutic strategies are outlined, with each strategy linked to the psychological domains where it has been shown to be most effective.

Workshop Content

• Developmental antecedents of dependent and avoidant personality disorders
• Evolution of dependent and avoidant traits across the life span
• Differences between normal and pathological manifestations of dependent and avoidant behaviors
• Strengths and limitations of the DSM-IV-TR avoidant and dependent personality disorder symptom criteria
• Diagnosis of dependent and avoidant personality disorders in various patient groups
• Interview, questionnaire, and projective measures of dependent and avoidant personality traits
• Treatment strategies for inpatient and outpatient work with dependent and avoidant patients

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours – watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!

Presenter: Robert Bornstein, Ph.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is one of the most common clinical entities on Axis II of DSM-IV. It is frequently confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the differences will be outlined. The psychodynamic underpinnings of OCPD will be discussed, and the optimal psychotherapeutic approaches will be illustrated. Randomized controlled trials validated the efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of OCPD.

Histrionic personality disorder has a time-honored tradition that links it with hysterical personality disorder. The two can be considered as residing on a continuum with histrionic personality disorder having more in common with borderline personality disorder, while hysterical personality disorder has more in common with character neuroses. Some of the underlying psychodynamic features will be discussed, and psychotherapeutic strategies will be outlined.

This training covers:

• The major psychodynamic themes in obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• The difference between obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• Optimal psychotherapeutic strategies with patients who have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• The major psychodynamic themes in histrionic and hysterical personality disorders
• Diagnostic differences and the strategic therapeutic differences between hysterical and histrionic personality disorders
• Management of erotic and eroticized transferences in histrionic personality disorder as well as patients who are hysterically organized

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours – watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!

Presenter: Glen Gabbard, M.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

One of the important developmental starting points in understanding violence is that physical aggression is essentially universal in infants (and equally so for males and females). Early trauma creates risk that this early aggression will coalesce into violent behavior in adolescence. The experience of abuse sets the child up for the kind of “risky thinking” that leads to chronic patterns of aggression, bad behavior, acting out and violating the rights of others that can lead to a diagnosis of “conduct disorder.” If no intervention occurs, this pattern of childhood conduct disorder becomes the entryway into adolescent delinquent and antisocial violent behavior. The more socially toxic (and traumatic) the environment in which childhood and adolescence occur, the more likely it is that childhood conduct disorder will translate into adolescent violence. Changing patterns of aggression in girls provide a useful insight into how and why these processes take place. This presentation will analyze these behaviors in girls and boys for their similarities and differences and discuss the implications for violence in adolescence.

Four elements of “risky thinking” that link early trauma to conduct disorder in childhood
Three elements of social toxicity that affect the prognosis for childhood conduct disorder
Two risk factors and two protective factors affecting the impact of early trauma on subsequent aggression and violence

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours– watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!

Presenter: James Garbarino, Ph.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

Best viewing is done with a mid-sized screen as a full screen will lose some of its resolution. This video is from a live conference presentation and is largely unedited. In some cases you may not hear a question asked by a participant however, in most cases the presenter will repeat the question.

We recommend you take notes just as you would if you were in a live conference as those notes will be helpful to learning and will come in handy for the test which follows.

The DSM-IV-TR personality disorders (PDs) classified in Cluster A are referred to as the “odd/eccentric” group of PDs. These Axis II disorders are considered to be on the “schizophrenia spectrum” along with the different categories of schizophrenia on Axis I. Patients with schizoid PD resemble those in the early stages of schizophrenia but, unlike those in such an early, prodromal phase of the Axis I condition, do not go on to develop schizophrenia. Schizotypal PD most closely fits the “odd/eccentric” label. Patients with schizotypal PD and Paranoid PD are thought to be genetically predisposed to develop these conditions, yet less vulnerable than those predisposed to develop schizophrenia itself. Good data about the prevalence of these disorders are not available as patients with these disorders are not generally treatment seeking. As is characteristic of all PDs, the diagnostic features of the Cluster A disorders are relatively stable over time, although under stress, peaks of more disabling pathology may occur. Comorbidity with other disorders (Axis I and II) is common. State-of-the-art assessment and treatment of the Cluster A PDs will be presented in this half day program.

Workshop Content

• DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of the Cluster A PDs
• How to differentiate Cluster A PDs from Axis I psychotic disorders
• Common patterns of comorbidity
• A vulnerability/stress model for the development of these personality disorders
• Treatment strategies to deal with the high levels of mistrust typical of these patients
• Countertransference difficulties in working with Cluster A patients
• Symptom-targeted psychopharmacological strategies
• An integrated psychotherapy/psychopharmacology approach

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours– watch the video, take notes, pass the test, print your certificate!

Presenter: Philip Erdberg, Ph.D.

Venue: Live Conference Presentation

Location: San Diego, CA

Program description from brochure:

It was well known that many examples of youth-perpetrated catastrophic violence were carried out by highly disturbed young men who were fundamentally suicidal. In many such cases, the suicidal risk of youth perpetrators is well known to parents, teachers, administrators, law enforcement personnel, and mental health professionals, yet tragic outcomes still occur. This presentation will offer practical information on the assessment of suicide risk, the interplay between suicidal and homicidal behaviors and a full range of intervention strategies suitable to a variety of settings. Using a lively case example approach, this presentation will provide critical information about how suicidal youth think, feel, and behave. Contemporary issues such as the influence of media, the role of internet, and peer influences will also be considered. Bottom-line, this training will enable participants to better recognize who is at risk for suicide and what can realistically be done to intervene and save lives.

On Demand Video

Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours, watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!
Presenter: David Jobes, Ph.D.
Venue: Live Conference Presentation
Location: San Diego, CA

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This video is from a live conference presentation and is largely unedited. In some cases you may not hear a question asked by a participant however, in most cases the presenter will repeat the question.

We recommend you take notes just as you would if you were in a live conference as those notes will be helpful to learning and will come in handy for the test which follows.