In today’s volatile world of mass shootings and terrorist attacks, more and more people are suffering from painful memories and negative mental images because of the constant trauma that’s occurring daily. In fact, up to 70 percent of veterans suffering with chronic pain who have been treated within the VA (US Veterans Administrations) may be struggling with PTSD (post traumatic …
ART Alumni nominated for for AVASW Social Worker of the Year 2016
The Association of VA Social Workers is proud to select Myrna Molinari, LCSW from West Palm Beach VAMC. as the AVASW Social Worker of the 2nd Quarter, 2016. She is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy which she indicated is the fastest and most effective form of trauma therapy. Ms. Molinari will be among four AVASW Social Workers of the …
USF Public Health awarded Army contract to train military clinicians in treatment of PTSD
Tampa, FLA (July 6, 2016) – The University of South Florida College of Public Health has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Department of Behavioral Health (AMEDDC&S), to train military mental health clinicians in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an emerging evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. The new contract …
Accelerated Resolution Therapy: an innovative mental health intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder
Published by the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling trauma and stress-related disorder that may occur after a person experiences a traumatic event, and evokes a combination of intrusion and avoidance symptoms, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and alterations in arousal and reactivity. Accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is an emerging psychotherapy …