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Panel Discussions

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders and Disasters

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Adaptation of Evidence-Based Post-Trauma Interventions for Black Youth and Adults Exposed to Community Violence

Panel Discussion 13 - One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Adaptation of Evidence-based Post-trauma Interventions for Black Youth and Adults Exposed to Community Violence

Saturday, November 16, 2024
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
Location: Regency Ballroom B, Second Floor Mezzanine, Loews Hotel
Earn 1.5 Credit
Keywords: PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), Depression, African Americans / Black Americans
Recommended Readings: Magee, L. A., Fortenberry, J. D., Aalsma, M. C., Gharbi, S., & Wiehe, S. E. (2022). Healthcare utilization and mental health outcomes among nonfatal shooting assault victims. Preventive medicine reports, 27, 101824.,   Rhoden-Neita, M. A., Huang, H., & Fava, N. M. (2024). The effects of childhood adversity and self-regulation on the well-being of adults with delinquency histories: a mediation model. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 21(1), 117-139.,   O'Neill, K. M., Vega, C., Saint-Hilaire, S., Jahad, L., Violano, P., Rosenthal, M. S., ... & Dodington, J. (2020). Survivors of gun violence and the experience of recovery. Journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 89(1), 29-35.,   ,  
Minoritized racial and ethnic groups in Chicago face greater firearm risks at home than soldiers at war (Pozo et al., 2022). More individuals suffer nonfatal gunshot injury than die and many suffer debilitating impairments including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression months and even years after the trauma (Velle et al., 2019, Zatzick et al., 2008). While most psychological treatments for post-trauma psychopathology involve individual evidence-based cognitive -behavioral models, traditional approaches alone may be not appropriate for patients experiencing multiple structural barriers to treatment, psychosocial stressors, and complex post-trauma symptoms (Williams et al., 2014). Discussions will include unique and complex post-trauma symptoms and experiences of racial trauma in Black youth and adults with chronic PTSD related to recurring community violence.Panelists will focus on a comprehensive framework of post-trauma treatment, including addressing the psychophysiological outcomes of racial trauma and gun violence. The importance of understanding the sociocultural context of patients and applying resilience building strategies to inform injury and recovery will also be reviewed. Culturally responsive adaptations of evidence based post-trauma interventions, rooted in resilience, hopefulness, community building, and Black Psychology will be highlighted.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the experiences and cumulative effects of racial trauma, and recurrent exposure to community violence on the emotional and behavioral outcomes in Black youth and adults.
Identify the risk factors and treatment considerations for complex trauma including the importance of integrating treatment rooted in Black Psychology to develop culturally responsive trauma-informed treatments.
Describe resilience building approaches to treatment that address the effects of racial trauma in Black youth and adults exposed to community violence.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
  1. Explain the effects of exposure to community violence and racial trauma on emotional and behavioral outcomes in Black youth and adults.
  2. Identify the risk factors for developing comorbid post-trauma psychopathological conditions following exposure to firearm related injury.
  3. Discuss ways to adapt cognitive behavioral treatment models for PTSD in patients experiencing recurrent community violence and racial trauma.
  4. Describe resilience building approaches to address racial trauma in Black youth and adults exposed to community violence.
  5. Identify the importance of integrating PTSD treatments rooted in Black Psychology to develop culturally responsive trauma-informed treatments.