Total CE Credit Hours: 15 Course Info URL: /courses/7030
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This volume addresses a clinical problem seen by most mental health professionals— the abuse of drugs and alcohol. Drs. Dowd and Rugle have assembled top professionals in the field to address the strengths and weaknesses of different therapeutic approaches to substance abuse. Treatment modalities include psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, REBT, family therapy, and more. This volume also presents the lastest outcome research for evidence-based interventions
This course is based on the book, Comparative Treatments of Substance Abuse created by Dowd, Thomas, Ph.D. & Rugle, Loreen, Ph.D.
Publication Date
1999, 1st Edition
Course Material Author
Dowd, Thomas, Ph.D. & Rugle, Loreen, Ph.D.
Thomas Dowd is Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in two divisions and holds Diplomates from the American Board of Professional Psychology in Behavioral Psychology and Counseling Psychology. He has been president of several boards and Associations in psychology and has served on numerous other professional boards and committees.
Loreen Rugle received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She was Deputy Director of the Veterans Addiction Recovery Center for several years at the Brecksville Unit of the Cleveland Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Dowd, Thomas, Ph.D. & Rugle, Loreen, Ph.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
to be able to identify those aspects of therapy models that are common to most treatment approaches
to be able to appreciate how different treatment models influenced each other
to be able to explain major differences between various substance abuse treatment models
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Availability
This course is available starting Jan 1st, 2003 and expires Oct 30th, 2019
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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.
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Course Creator
Max Schwanekamp – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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