Courses by Format: Reading-Based Online

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 examines approaches, integration and special populations in using family therapy to treat SUD. It includes: overview of family-based treatment methods, family approaches to support ongoing recovery, appropriateness of...  Read More

This course examines Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment and using family therapy to work with families and influences of misuse. It includes: what is family counseling and why it is...  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 course examines a systematic review of pharmacotherapies for stimulant use disorders conducted by the department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration. It includes: antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychostimulants, cognitive enhancing drugs,...  Read More

This course examines Mindfulness-based interventions in the treatment of substance use disorders, using mindfulness techniques to address behavior change in addictive behavior. It includes: Mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP), mechanisms of...  Read More

This research intensive course focuses on early-life Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Substance Use Disorder (SUDD). It includes: animal models of addiction, TBI and the young brain, clinical and epidemiological...  Read More

This course address substance use disorder in veterans. It examines cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and integrative therapy in a group therapy format. Treatment outcome was measured by drug screens (UDS),...  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 discusses a study of group therapy to examine the gap in evidence-based therapy and group therapy practice. This qualitative inquiry interviewed several group therapists specializing in substance use...  Read More

Most studies of clinical ethics are based on scenarios, not direct reporting of how clinicians and clinical teams actually cope with ethical challenges. In this study, the authors use focus...  Read More

This course contains two articles that discuss evidence-based practice, group therapy and mindfulness in substance use disorder treatment. The first article examines evidence-based practice vs treatment—as-usual in group therapy, as...  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 examines the risk of alcohol problems and consequences among Hispanic and African American men. It discusses, disparities, socioeconomic status, and discrimination as they pertain to alcohol use. It...  Read More

This course examines whether there are disparities in mutual help participation for substance use problems, including alcohol, among African American, Hispanic, Native American based on race/ethnicity while seeking self-help. It...  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