BOP - Differentiating Delusional Disorder from Extreme Beliefs
2 Hours | 2 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Differentiating Delusional Disorder from Extreme Beliefs is presented by Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., ABPP.
This program covers a process for how clinicians can differentiate whether a potential violent actor or post-violence defendant suffers from a delusional disorder or is simply radicalized in their extreme religious or political beliefs. An SPJ tool, “Model of Analysis for Differentiating Delusional Disorder from the Radicalization of Extreme Beliefs–17 Factor" (MADDD-or-Rad-17), is presented to aid in systematically distinguishing these cases and in promoting transparency in associated reports and testimony.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the diagnostic criteria for delusional disorder
Describe five factors that render the differential between delusional disorders and extreme political beliefs more challenging
Describe seven primary arenas of analysis for making the differential
Describe 17 factors illuminating the seven primary arenas of analysis for making the differential
Presented By
Mark Cunningham, PhD, ABPP
Mark D. Cunningham, Ph.D., ABPP is a Seattle-based, board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist, researcher, and prolific scholar, authoring more than 60 publications that have been cited an aggregate of 1800+ times in the scholarly literature, as well as by SCOTUS (Moore v. Texas, 2017) and ...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Orientation and Overview
3. Need for an SPJ Tool
4. Case Illustration - Christopher Monfort
5. History of Delusional Disorder as Diagnostic Classification
6. Factors Contributing to Diagnostic Divergence
7. Extreme Over-Valued Beliefs (EOB)
8. Social Influences and Diagnostic Constructs
9. MADDD-or-Rad-17: Applications in Monfort - Part 1
10. Breakout Introduction
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.