Day 2: Suicide Risk and Postvention, Motivational Interviewing, Personality Disorders in a Healthcare Setting
Target Audience
This activity provides continuing education for nurses, social workers, and case managers across the Military Health System (MHS). A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.
Learning Objectives
- Describe evidence-informed clinical care pathways and risk stratification frameworks for suicide prevention. .
- Identify key clinical, environmental, and demographic risk factors as well as protective factors associated with suicide.
- Apply standardized screening tools and clinical risk assessment techniques to evaluate suicidal behavior.
- Anticipate the personal and professional impact of client suicide loss.
- Implement postvention strategies to promote resilience and healing.
- Describe how Motivational Interviewing (MI) supports case management.
- Use core MI skills to reduce discord and increase engagement.
- Identify change talk and respond in a way that strengthens motivation.
- Apply MI skills in virtual encounters.
- Define and describe the characteristics and diagnostic features of Personality Disorders.
- Examine the history, development, and contributing factors associated with Personality Disorders.
- Identify common signs, symptoms, and behavioral patterns associated with Personality Disorders.
- Describe the operational impact of Personality Disorders on unit dynamics, relationships, and mission readiness.
- Differentiate interpersonal presentation styles and countertransference responses during clinical encounters.
- Review evidence-informed treatment approaches, practical interventions, and management strategies for supporting individuals with Personality Disorders.
Course summary
- 4.00 ANCC
DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 4.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 4.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA J7 CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.00 Clinical continuing education credits.
- 4.00 Attendance
- 4.00 The Commission CCM
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for up to 4.00 CE contact hours.
Activity Code: S00068480 Approval Number: 260002565
To claim these CEs, log into your dashboard at www.yourcommission.org.
- 4.00 IPCE
In support of improving patient care, DHA J-7 CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 4.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Join the event's MS Teams room at:
https://dod.teams.microsoft.us/meet/993532962774?p=3VqC2Rkcj3R7j6mfe0
Ramya Sundararaman, MD, MPH. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Stephen Carr, LPC, LCSW-S, LCDC, MAC. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Gregory Gannon, LCSW, EAS-C. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose. No commercial support was provided for this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ANCC
DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 4.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 4.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA J7 CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.00 Clinical continuing education credits.
- 4.00 Attendance
- 4.00 The Commission CCM
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for up to 4.00 CE contact hours.
Activity Code: S00068480 Approval Number: 260002565
To claim these CEs, log into your dashboard at www.yourcommission.org.
- 4.00 IPCE
In support of improving patient care, DHA J-7 CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 4.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to MHS participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest with a minimum score of 80% unless noted otherwise. The deadline to claim credit is Oct 25, 2026.
Access Code/Accommodations: Some activities require an access code to register or claim CE/CME credit. For inquiries regarding the access code or accommodations, please email Ms. Kellena Miller, RN, CCM, at [email protected].
For technical support, email [email protected].
There is no cost to participate in this activity.
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