4034-16: Practice and Dissemination of EBP: Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol/Drug Dependence in the Veterans Administration/Leadership

Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol/Drug dependence is an evidenced based practice developed by O'Farrell.  This study will discuss the 12 week program and how it is being utilized in the Veterans Administration/Leadership setting with veterans and their families.

Presenter: Steve Gentz, MSN, PMHCNS, NP

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

 
Session Length:  36 minutes

Target Audience:  APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Define the population Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) for Substance Use Disorders (SUD) is appropriate for and the interventions in a typical Course of BCT-SUD.
2. Outline the research basis for the practice and dissemination of BCT-SUD as an evidenced based practice in the Veterans Administration/Leadership.
3. Discuss resources for further study and practice of BCT-SUD.

Keywords: Military, Couples Therapy, Substance Use Disorder, Veterans

Continuing Nursing Education
0.75 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 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Saturday, October 22
12:15pm - 1:00pm

Release Date: January 19, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2019