Section 36E: Military service-related behavioral health conditions; development of continuing education program by University of Massachusetts medical school
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Section 36E.
(a)The University of Massachusetts medical school in Worcester shall develop a continuing education program for licensed mental health professionals on military service-related behavioral health conditions.
(b)The training and curriculum for the program shall include, but not be limited to:
(i)military culture and its influence on the behavioral health of service members and veterans;
(ii)symptoms of deployment-related and non-deployment-related behavioral health conditions, including, but not limited to, depression, suicide, insomnia, substance use and post-traumatic stress disorder;
(iii)deployment cycle stressors for students who are service members and veterans;
(iv)deployment cycle stressors that impact the behavioral health of service members and veterans;
(v)outreach strategies for available administrative, non-clinical and clinical services; and
(vi)available resources and methods of referral for the treatment of deployment-related behavioral health conditions, including peer support.
(c)In developing the curriculum for the program, the University of Massachusetts medical school shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to:
(i)medical professional associations;
(ii)peers and other service members and veterans who have lived experience of seeking or receiving behavioral health services or treatment; and
(iii)behavioral health professionals with expertise in providing culturally-competent care.