1044-17:  Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART):  A Novel, Safe, Quick, and Effective Psychotherapeutic Treatment for Behavioral Health Problems

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a brief, effective, exposure-based treatment for an array of behavioral health problems.  Case reports show clinically significant reductions in anxiety and PTSD symptoms. This presentation provides an overview of ART, review current literature, review the protocol and anecdotal case studies from an enhanced ART clinician.

Presenter: JoEllen Schimmels, PMHNP-BC, DNP

Disclosures:  The presenter and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  1 hour 37 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe accelerated resolution therapy (ART) as a psychotherapeutic treatment for a variety of behavioral health problems.
2. Discuss the underlying rationale for this novel treatment.
3. Provide examples of interventions associated with the use of ART and describe successful cases, patient, and provider experiences.

Keywords: Therapy, Exposure, PTSD, OCD, Trauma

Continuing Nursing Education:
1.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 31st Annual Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
4:15pm - 6:15pm

The contact hours for this session expire:  January 1, 2021