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Designer Drugs 2015-Assessment and Management 1.25 credit

This course covers the assessment and management of designer drugs, including: bath salts, cathinones, mephedrone, methylone, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDMA), synthetic cannabinoids, spice, 25I-NBOMe, N-bomb, and hallucinogens. It explains: epidemiology of emerging...  Read More

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Effects of Music Therapy and Music-based Interventions in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders-A Systematic Review 3 credits

This research intensive course discusses music therapy (MT) and Music based interventions (MBI) in the treatment of substance use disorders. It includes 34 quantitative and six qualitative studies across various...  Read More

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A Review of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance-use Disorders-adaptation for Underserved Populations, Use of Experimental Technologies, and Personalized Optimization Strategies 1.75 credit

This course examines contingency management (CM) in a variety of substance use disorders (including tobacco use), combined with a variety of substance use disorder treatments. It includes: a conceptual background...  Read More

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Contingency Management for Patients With Dual Disorders in Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Addiction 1 credit

This course examines Contingency Management (CM) in patients with co-occurring disorders. Success was measured by treatment retention, reduced symptoms and drug-free days. While there was no difference between CM vs...  Read More

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Marijuana and Gender Differences in African Americans 1.75 credit

This course examines depression and racism as it pertains to African American adolescents and marijuana Two studies were completed and two papers written by the same authors. Links were found...  Read More

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What Are the Long Term Effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use? 1 credit

Young adult drug use and law breaking behaviors often have roots in adolescence. These behaviors are predicted by early drug use, parental substance use disorders, and disrupted and conflict-ridden family...  Read More

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Demographic Trends Among Older Cannabis Users in the United States, 2006–13 1 credit

This course examines demographic trends in cannabis use in the older adult population through the use of geriatric epidemiology. Cannabis use in on the rise in a population with existing...  Read More

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Cocaine, Hallucinogens, and Dissociative Drugs 1.25 credit

This course discusses cocaine, hallucinogens and dissociative drugs. It includes: what is cocaine, the scope of cocaine use in the US, how cocaine is used, how cocaine produces its effects,...  Read More

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Assessing the Usability of Web-Based Alcohol Education for Older Adults-A Feasibility Study 1.75 credit

This course discusses the usability of web-based alcohol education for adults 55 and older. Drinking frequency and quantity were measured at baseline and 4 week follow-up. Participants were given a...  Read More

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Trajectories of Aging Long-Term Mexican American Heroin Injectors-The “Maturing Out” Paradox 1.5 credit

This course discusses long-term heroin injectors in the Mexican-American population. The respondents came from vastly predominate Mexican-American neighborhoods and had long drug careers of heroin use. Most were from Houston,...  Read More

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Responsible and Controlled Use-Older Cannabis Users and Harm Reduction 1.75 credit

This course examines the responsible and controlled marijuana use in older drug users and how they reduce risk through harm reduction. It includes: health risks, moderation, respiratory issues, overdose management,...  Read More

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What Are Therapeutic Communities? 1.25 credit

This course examines Therapeutic Communities (TC). In includes: an explanation of treatment communities, research, the approach of TC, are treatment communities effective, fundamental components, how treatment is provided, treating populations...  Read More

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Heroin and Prescription Opioids 1.25 credit

This course covers Heroin and prescription Opioids. It includes: what heroin is and how it is used, the scope of heroin in the US, the effects of heroin on the...  Read More

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Common Comorbidities With Substance Use Disorders 1.25 credit

This course discusses common co-morbidities with substance use disorders (SUD). It includes: the connection between substance use disorders and mental illness, why there is a comorbidity between SUD and mental...  Read More

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Gamblers Anonymous As a Recovery Pathway-A Scoping Review 1.25 credit

This course discusses Gamblers’ Anonymous (GA) as a pathway to recovery in people with problem gambling. Gamblers Anonymous is a mutual aid fellowship based on 12-step principles. This review includes...  Read More

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Marijuana Use in the Context of Alcohol Interventions for Mandated College Students 1 credit

This course examines marijuana use in mandated interventions for college students. The participants were dual users of marijuana and alcohol. They used marijuana weekly and heavy drinkers (>4 or 5...  Read More

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Steroids and Other Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) 1.5 credit

This course examines the misuse of steroids and other APED’s. It includes: an explanation of the different types of APED’s, the history of anabolic steroid use, users and misusers of...  Read More

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MDMA AKA Ecstasy Abuse 1.25 credit

This course examines MDMA (ecstasy abuse. It includes: definition and history of MDMA, scope of MDMA use in the US, users of MDMA, effects of MDMA and effects on the...  Read More

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Adolescent Substance Use: Screening and Intervention 1 credit

This webinar, which is part of the University of Minnesota Psychiatry Grand Rounds, discusses adolescent substance use, as well as reviews screening and intervention processes and procedures to use with...  Read More

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Marijuana 2 credits

This course is from an article by the National Institute of Drug Abuse discussing marijuana. It includes: A note from the director, what marijuana is, the scope of marijuana use...  Read More

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