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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

This program addresses treatment issues in providing services to these groups, especially the implicit biases and prejudices of providers that may interfere with service. **This course is based on the...  Read More

This book offers a frank analysis of a range of boundary issues that human-service practitioners may confront. The ethics of intimate relationships with clients and former clients is addressed, as...  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 document outlines the guidelines of the American Psychological Association for working with transgender or gender non-conforming people, including the rationale and practice applications for each guideline. This course is...  Read More

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