Live webinar air date: October 10, 2025, 1 p.m. Eastern time
Date
CE credits
1.5
Exam items
10
Series
Description
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common but frequently undiagnosed disorder in people with serious mental illness (SMI). Co-occurring PTSD in SMI increases symptom severity and distress, precipitates hospitalizations, worsens psychosocial functioning, and contributes to needless suffering. This webinar describes valid and efficient methods for identifying PTSD in people with SMI. Most of the time will focus on describing the Cognitive Restructuring (CR) Program for PTSD in people with SMI, a 12–16 week standardized individual intervention (Mueser & Gottlieb, 2025) shown to be effective at improving PTSD and related outcomes in rigorous research conducted in typical community settings.
Learning objectives
- Identify at least one validated measure for screening for PTSD in people with serious mental illness.
- Describe at least three psychoeducational teaching techniques.
- List the “5 Steps of Cognitive Restructuring.”
Presenter
Kim T. Mueser
Mueser is professor of occupational therapy and psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. His research interests focus on the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions for serious mental illnesses, including the treatment of co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders, illness management and recovery, and cognitive remediation. He has published numerous articles, books, and 100 book chapters, including most recently, Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Serious Mental Illness: The Cognitive Restructuring Program, American Psychological Association (2025).
