Course Category: Application to Practice

This course examines treatment considerations for special populations. It includes: racial/ethnic minority populations, women, men who have sex with men, transgender and gender nonbinary community, adolescents, people experiencing homelessness/unstable housing,...  Read More

This course examines loot box games as it pertains to problematic gaming, gambling, and addiction, as well as the role that advertising plays. It includes: mobile gaming, gaming disorder, attitudes...  Read More

This course examines Measurement-Based Care (MBC) using Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and psychological intervention for patients who meet the DSM-5 criteria for diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)...  Read More

This course examines problematic social networking site usage (PSNSU) among adolescents. It includes identifying risk factors such as alcohol, tobacco, and energy drink use, peer pressure and peer posting of...  Read More

This course examines the treatment efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) versus Program Individualized Psychotherapy for Addiction of Technology Information and Communication (PIPATIC) for gaming disorder treatment in adolescent Spanish...  Read More

This course examines the use of yoga meditation, and mindfulness in a school setting to prevent substance use and addiction. It includes: self-regulation as a risk and protective factor for...  Read More

This course examines acculturative stress and ethnic-racial difference as drinking motives for alcohol use and alcohol problems. It includes acculturative stress measured with: drinking motives, alcohol consumption, alcohol related problems,...  Read More

12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have helped countless people on the path to recovery. But many still feel that 12-step programs aren’t for them: that...  Read More

This course examines the growth and effects of online communities, including the role of social media, in gaming and gambling behaviors. It includes: The Blurring Line Between Gambling and Gaming,...  Read More

This course examines the treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) in older adults, specifically substance misuse and cognitive impairment, and social support and other wellness strategies. It includes: substance misuse...  Read More

This course examines prescription misuse and drug use in older adults. It includes: drug use and prescription misuse among older adults, screening and assessment, continuum of care, treatment approaches suited...  Read More

This course examines treating alcohol use in older adults for providers. It includes: alcohol misuse among older adults, screening and assessment, continuum of care, treatment approaches suited to older adults,...  Read More

12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have helped countless people on the path to recovery. But many still feel that 12-step programs aren’t for them: that...  Read More

This course examines barriers, disparities, and facilitators for adolescent retention in substance abuse treatment. The authors interviewed 19 providers in Massachusetts with an aver clinical experience of 11 years using...  Read More

This text serves as a guide to the use of family therapy methods and techniques in the treatment of substance abuse disorder in the context of overall support provided to...  Read More

This course is based on the book of the same name by Charles Atkins, MD. Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders is a guide...  Read More

This course examines the treatment and treatment of HIV in people with substance use and/or mental disorders. It includes: Overview of current approaches and challenges to preventing and treating HIV...  Read More

This course is a systematic review of 51 studies on gambling and pathological gambling using national datasets from NESARC. It includes: definitions of recreational and problem gambling, gambling subtypes, sociodemographics...  Read More

This course discusses the role of impulsivity in Gambling Disorder. It includes the model proposed by MacKillop et al., delay discounting, sensation seeking, associations between impulsivity, associations between impulsivity measures,...  Read More

This course is part 3 of 3 courses based on the book entitled Process Not Perfection, Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery by Jamie Marich, Ph.D. This valuable, accessible, and...  Read More