202-18:  Military Psychiatry: Practice and Pitfalls - A Case Study Analysis

This presentation explains how the context of military structure and the roles of the provider and patient may influence the provision of psychiatric mental health services. Then case studies help the audience to apply this knowledge in decision making related to “fit for duty” decisions.

Presenter:  Joseph M. Holshoe, PMHNP-BC

Disclosures: The presenter and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  1 hour 31 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

1. Increase knowledge of deployment- and service-limiting behavioral health diagnoses.
2. Expand knowledge of common variances in behavioral health diagnoses in the military population.

Keywords:  Military, APRN Practice

Continuing Nursing Education:
1.50 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 16th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
Saturday June 9, 2018
9:45am - 11:15am

The contact hours for this session expire: January 1, 2022