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Week 3 - Promoting Recovery and Preventing Chronic Illness after Injury

Course Open/Close: Oct 19, 2020 - Nov 14, 2020

This interactive course offers an overview of evidence-based behavioral health interventions. These skills are critical across all mental health and medical settings. This includes primary care, where behavioral health integration is a growing priority to improve health outcomes.

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Course Details

Participants should be able to understand the following key elements:

  • Describe the biopsychosocial model and health anxiety framework that address the transition from acute to chronic illness.
  • Describe cognitive skills to promote optimal physical and mental health recovery, including adaptive thinking and dialectics, and understand how to implement cognitive skills with a range of patients.
  • Describe behavioral skills to promote gradual return to activity and physical recovery, and understand how to implement activity pacing with a range of patients.
  • Discuss evidence-based time-limited programs for optimizing recovery.

Course Summary

Target Audience:

This program is intended for:

  • Psychiatrists
  • Primary Care Providers
  • Specialty Care Providers
  • Clinical Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Mental Health Professionals
  • Nurses and Clinical Nurse Practitioners
  • Other Allied Health Providers
Course Opens: Oct 19, 2020
Course Closes: Nov 14, 2020
Cost: Free
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We have a dedicated staff member who is available by phone 5 days per week between 8 am and 5 pm by calling 866-644-7792 or email at mghcme@mgh.harvard.edu. All inquiries will be dealt with in a timely  (within one business day) and professional manner. Requests for credits or refunds will be reviewed by the Director of the Division of Professional and Public Education, Massachusetts General Hospital. Please refer to our cancellation policy for additional information.”