Total CE Credit Hours: 2.25
Course Info URL: http://www.addictioncounselorce.com/courses/102676
About the Course:
This course is an update to TIP 49 including new findings in literature for incorporating alcohol pharmacotherapies. The results are listed by year and then by drug. It includes findings on: disulfiram, oral naltrexone, extended-release injectable naltrexone, acamprosate, combined medication therapy, matching patient to treatment, interviews with a national sample of 223 administrators of privately funded substance abuse treatment programs, and quetiapine. This is a research intensive course.
This course is based on the reading-based online, TIP 49- Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice Updated Findings From the Literature created by SAMHSA in 2012.
Publication Date:
2012Course Material Author
Course Creator
Recommended For:
Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
Acknowledge that pharmacotherapy is an effective evidence-base treatment.
Identify the most effective pharmacotherapies.
Summarize the findings involving pharmacotherapies combined with cognitive behavioral treatment.
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American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)
2.25 credit hours
American Psychological Association (APA)
2.25 credit hours
CE Learning Systems is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
2.25 credit hours
CE Learning Systems, service provider of Addiction Counselor CE has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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