Total CE Credit Hours: 4
Course Info URL: http://www.addictioncounselorce.com/courses/102814
About the Course:
This course examines the opioid epidemic in detail. It begins with identifying the scope of the problem. The report includes: trends in prescription opioid use and misuse, risk factors for prescription misuse and overdose, vulnerable populations, heroin use and its relation to prescription opioid use, illicit opioid markets, the current state of surveillance systems, recent developments in pharmaceutical treatment of opioid use disorder, trends in treatment of opioid overdose with naloxone, summary and recommendations.
This course is based on Chapter 4 of Trends in Opioid Use, Harms, and Treatment created by Richard J. Bonnie et al. in 2017.
Publication Date:
2017
Course Material Authors
Course Creator
Recommended For:
Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge. The content is at an intermediate level.
Course Objectives:
Acknowledge the scope of the opioid epidemic.
Identify the causes, risk factors of users, and contributing outside factors.
Summarize the pharmacotherapy interventions, OUD in pregnant women, and evidence-based treatment options.
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American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)
4 credit hours
American Psychological Association (APA)
4 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)
4 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.
This course only covers Chapter 4 of this text.
The content for this course begins on page 187 of the document and ends on page 266.
References begin on page 249.
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