Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #120536

Roger Fallot, PhD, Community Connections, 801 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20003, 202-608-4796, rfallot@ccdc1.org

This presentation will discuss the broad array of interventions that are designed to affect symptoms related to traumatic events and the practical steps to the implementation of treatment for this important issue in community-based and institutional corrections. Trauma symptoms, whether they rise to the level of diagnosable Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), occur in response to extreme events, such as war experiences, natural disasters, life threatening accidents, and interpersonal violence. The characteristics of the symptoms vary widely and may differ depending on severity, duration or developmental stage. Interventions can be loosely categorized as pharmacological, behavioral/physiological, cognitive-behavioral, and other psychological strategies. These interventions target different aspects of trauma symptoms (i.e., biological, physiological, or cognitive) and assume different pathways to recovery, particularly in regard to the use of traumatic memories in the intervention (e.g., habituation vs. cognitive restructuring). The author will review the history of trauma treatment in general and applications specific to criminal justice settings and the observations from the discussion of this paper at the April 25, 2005 Expert Panel Meeting in Bethesda, MD sponsored by the GAINS EBP Center.

Learning Objectives:

• Advance the understanding of the state of the field for evidence-based and promising practices as related to persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system; and
• understand the fidelity issues and hurdles faced in program replication when adapting EBPs for programs serving a forensic population

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.