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<p>Zoom link for registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lc3gK_hSR5S3mxJTXtN2AA</p><p><br /></p><p>Learning objectives:</p><p>1. Describe the state of research on treating comorbid PTSD and insomnia</p><p>2. Identify at least two ways the diagnosis of PTSD may influence case conceptualization</p><p>3. Identify the core components of CBT for insomnia</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Elissa McCarthy Ph.D.</strong> is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the assessment and treatment of PTSD and insomnia. Dr. McCarthy’s primary role in VHA is serving as a consultant for the National Center for PTSD Consultation Program. Additionally, she continues to provide clinical services through the VA Connecticut Healthcare system and is a national lead trainer for the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia national rollout.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Jason DeViva, PhD, </strong>is co-director of the VA Connecticut Health Care System PTSD Clinical Team and a regional PTSD mentor. He is the VA Connecticut military sexual trauma coordinator and regional MST point of contact. He is a national lead trainer for VA’s dissemination of CBT for insomnia and a local trainer and consultant in the dissemination of cognitive processing therapy for PTSD. He is an associate professor of psychiatry of the Yale School of Medicine.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-indent:.5in;" id="isPasted">DeViva, J.C., McCarthy, E., Santoro, G., Bieu, R.K., Rinaldi, A.R., Gehrman, P., & Kulas, J.F. (2018). Group cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia delivered to veterans with PTSD receiving residential treatment is associated with improvements in sleep independent of changes in PTSD. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Traumatology</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;">24</i>, 293-300.</p><p style="text-indent:.5in;">DeViva, J.C., Rosen, M.I., Cooney, N.L., & Black, A.C. (2020). Ecological momentary assessment of sleep and PTSD symptoms in a Veteran sample. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;">Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (12)</i>, 186-192.</p><p style="text-indent:.5in;">El-Solh, A.A., O’Brien, N., Akinnusi, M., Patel, S., Vanguru, L, & Wijewardena, C. (2019). Predictors of cognitive behavioral therapy outcomes for insomnia in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. <em>Sleep and Breathing, 23</em>, 635-643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01840-4</p><p style="text-indent:.5in;">Georgescu, M., Fischer, I., Baydoun, M., McCarthy, E., DeViva, J., & Pietrzak, R. (2024). Posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia in US military veterans: prevalence, correlates, and mental health burden. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Sleep Research</i>. doi: 10.1111/jsr.14269.</p><p style="text-indent:.5in;">McCarthy, E., DeViva, J.C., Norman, S.B., Southwick, S.M., & Pietrzak, R.H. (2019). Self-assessed sleep quality partially mediates the relationship between PTSD symptoms and functioning and quality of life in U.S. veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (11)</i>, 869-876.</p><p><br /></p><p style='box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none !important; color: rgb(50, 51, 56); font-family: Figtree, Roboto, "Noto Sans Hebrew", "Noto Kufi Arabic", "Noto Sans JP", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' id="isPasted"><br /></p><p><br /></p>