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The PTSD course is designed to familiarize adjusters and litigators with important aspects of post-traumatic stress disorder. The module is presented by Peter R. Reilly, President and Director of Injury Analysis for Dynamic Claims Solutions, Inc.

There are an increasing number of mental health claims and lawsuits surrounding PTSD and other stress-related claims. The PTSD course details the diagnostic criteria for PTSD, the effectiveness of medication and the common treatments, and the means of challenging the validity of a questionable PTSD diagnosis.

After completing the course, the attendee will be able to explain or describe what is PTSD; the evolution of the condition; the meaning of Acute Stress Disorder; the six Diagnostic Criteria as outlined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health; how to know whether a patient is taking his/her medication and whether they are effective; the importance of establishing a patient’s pre-accident baseline; the forms of treatment, specifically exposure therapies; the ways to challenge a questionable PTSD claim; and the importance of differential diagnosis and going through the five axes of diagnosis.

The course is designed for practitioners and insurance professionals working in the area of insurance coverage and litigation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

What CE Credit is available?

Note: To qualify for credit, you must submit completion (including a passed final exam if required) within five days of completing the last quiz. No partial credits will be awarded.

State:
Adjuster General CE Hours:
Adjuster Ethics CE Hours:
Attorney General CLE Hours:
State's Course ID:
NH 2.0 482649
TX (classroom equivalent) 1.0 100741
NC 2.0 C03176
FL * ( Provider Number: 364169 ) 2.0 1182368
IL 2.0 485544
WY 2.0 35186
OK 2.0 1023742

* This course has been approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services for insurance continuing education credit.

Course Content

Introduction to PTSD
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Lesson Content

1) Course Introduction
2) What is PTSD
a) Extreme or Severe
b) Reactive Anxiety Disorder
c) Develops in Response to a Stressor
3) Evolution of The Condition
a) De Costa’s Syndrome
b) Railroad Spine
c) Shell-shock
d) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
4) Acute Stress Disorder
5) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals
6) Diagnostic Criteria
a) Criterion A: Exposure to Trauma
i) Criterion A1
ii) Criterion A2
iii) Examples
b) General Requirements
c) Criterion B: Traumatic Event Persistently Re-experienced
i) Flashbacks
ii) Recurrent Distressing Dreams
iii) Frightening Thoughts
iv) Not a Movie Replay
v) Poor Sleep, Anxiety, Turmoil
7) Recap
8) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 1 Materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

PTSD Diagnostic Criteria
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1) Criterion C: Persistent Avoidance of Trauma Associated Stimuli
2) Criterion D: Persistent Symptoms of Increased Arousal
a) Increased Arousal
b) Poor Concentration
c) Sleep Dysfunction
d) Hypervigilance
e) Anger Dyscontrol
f) Startle Response
3) Criterion E: Duration of Symptoms
a) Symptoms develop in response
b) Not pre-existing
c) Acute Stress Disorder
d) PTSD
4) Criterion F: Clinically Significant Distress
a) Significant
b) Cause Functional Impairment
5) Recap
6) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 2 materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

Medication and Treatment
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Lesson Content

1) Consistency of Symptoms
2) Is Patient taking Medication?
3) Formal Treatment
4) Medications for Symptom Management
5) Pre-Accident Baseline )
6) Chronic PTSD
a) Veterans
b) Victims of Abuse
7) Recap
8) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 3 materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

Treatment
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Lesson Content

1) Treatment
2) Remission with Formal Treatment
3) Treatment – Exposure Therapy
a) Systematic Desensitization
b) In Vivo
c) EMDR
4) Newer Medications
5) Get Involved in Treatment
6) PTSD and Proximate Relationship
7) Recap
8) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 4 materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

Challenging a Questionable PTSD Claim
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Lesson Content

1) Accident Sufficient for PTSD?
a) Adjustment Disorder
b) DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria A-F
2) Symptom Onset
a) Develop in Response to the Trauma
b) Not Pre-Existing
c) Persistently Re-experienced
d) Event-Specific
3) Alternate Sources of Symptoms
a) Adjustment Disorder
b) Manipulation
c) Factitious Disorder
d) Medication Side-Effects
4) Recap
5) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 5 materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

Differential Diagnosis
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Lesson Content

1) Differential Diagnosis Defined
2) Five Axes
3) Axis II – Personality Disorders
a) Defined
b) Borderline Personality Disorder
c) Histrionic Personality Disorder
d) Antisocial Personality Disorder
4) Axis III – General Medical Conditions
5) Axis IV – Psychosocial and Environmental Factors
6) Axis V – GAF Scale
7) Module Wrap-Up
8) Recap
9) Quiz – Reinforcing Part 6 materials
a) 5 multiple choice questions
b) 4 choices per question
c) A second quiz if less than 80% score on first quiz

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