Course Category: Assessment

This course examines identifying, screening, and assessing substance misuse in older adults. It includes: Challenges to identification, screening, and assessment; screening for misuse in older adults, screening for co-occurring disorders...  Read More

This course examines substance use disorder in the older adult population. It includes: an overview and scope of the substance misuse problem in older adults, screening and diagnosis, treatment, and...  Read More

This course examines screening instruments for motivation and readiness, as well as assessment in the criminal justice population. It includes: screening for motivation and readiness for treatment, assessment instruments for...  Read More

This course examines screening and assessment instruments for co-occurring disorders in the justice system. It includes: key issues in selecting screening and assessment instruments, screening instruments for substance abuse disorder,...  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 screening and assessment for co-occurring disorders in the criminal justice system. It includes: Key issues in screening and assessment in the justice system, prevalence and significance of...  Read More

This book provides a well-organized presentation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Version 5 with a focus on changes from the previous version. As noted by the authors, this reference...  Read More

This course examines the relationship between SUD and mental disorders, including DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. It includes: depressive disorders Bi-polar I Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia...  Read More

This course addresses Screening and assessment of clients with co-occurring disorders (COD). It includes: Terminology, The Complex, Unstable, and Bidirectional Nature of COD’s, Guiding Principles for Working With People Who...  Read More

This course exams the correlation and dramatically higher risk of suicidality among clients in treatment for substance abuse. It includes: Getting ready to address suicidality, background information, GATE- procedures for...  Read More

This course examines the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) as a predictor of dropout from residential substance use disorder treatment. It discusses need for a cognitive screening tool as well as...  Read More

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

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

This webinar is one in a series of educational videos for professionals presented by the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence as part of the Integrative Services Project. This course discusses...  Read More

This course deals with the screening and assessing of men and how to engage men in the treatment process. It includes: an introduction, screening and assessment of men, and comprehensive...  Read More

This course examines substance abuse treatment for adults in the criminal justice system, an introduction, and screening and assessment of this population. It includes: the purpose of the TIP, key...  Read More

This course covers chapters 4 and 5 of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)/SAMHSA publication entitled Substance Abuse Treatment: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP 51): Addressing the Specific Needs of...  Read More

This course examines pursuing organizational cultural competence. It includes organization values, governance, planning, evaluation and monitoring, language service, workforce and staff development, and organization infrastructure. It has tasks within each...  Read More

This course discusses screening and assessment in trauma informed care. It includes: barrier and challenges to trauma-informed screening and assessment, cross-cultural screening and assessment, choosing instruments, and trauma-informed screening and...  Read More

This course examines screening issues for people with disabilities. It includes: disability etiquette, screening for disabilities, from screening to treatment, a case study, intake, adapting SUD screening for persons with...  Read More