Course Category: Treatment Knowledge - Addiction Counselor CE

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Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders 2 credits

This course examines the various evidence based treatment options using various approaches. It includes: current evidence on effectiveness of the following practices included in the guide to address stimulant use...

Program Development, Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Contingency Management, Stimulants

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Drugs and HIV in People Over 50 2.25 credits

This course discusses HIV and substance abusing in the aging population. Other comorbidities examined are alcohol and smoking tobacco. The first article includes: the prevalence of substance use among older...

Alcohol, Older Adults

Treatment Planning

Treatment Knowledge

HIV and STDs

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Opioid Crisis and the Black and African American Population-An Urgent Issue 1.5 credits

This course examines the opioid epidemic and its impact on the Black/African American community. This population has a disproportionate overdose rate for a specific type of opioid. A one-sized fits...

Opioids, African Americans

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Contingency Management Treatment for Substance Use Disorders-How Far Has It Come, and Where Does It Need to Go 1.5 credits

This course discusses contingency management in the behavioral treatment of substance use disorders. It includes a review of the literature, the efficacy of CM, concerns about CM, and next steps...

Contingency Management

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic-Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use- Progress and Future Directions 3 credits

This is an advanced course that examines the neurobiology of addiction, how the currents research fails to recognize this, and how prescribed use leads to opioid misuse. It covers alternatives...

Neuroscience, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Chronic Pain

Understanding Addiction

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Technology-based Interventions for Substance Use and Comorbid Disorders-An Examination of the Emerging Literature 1.5 credits

This course is a review of existing literature in the treating of co-occurring SUD and psychiatric disorders in the use of Technology Based Interventions (TBI). Studies mostly examined SUD with...

Anxiety, Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Digital Interventions

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Understanding Barriers to Specialty Substance Abuse Treatment Among Latinos 1.5 credits

This article examines the barriers to substance abuse treatment among Latinos vs whites and other groups based on in-depth qualitative interviews. Attitudes toward Specialty Treatment, perceived controls, cultural factors, perceived...

Hispanic

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Women With Alcohol Dependence-A Randomized Trial of Couple Versus Individual Plus Couple Therapy 1.5 credits

This is a research intensive course that examines women with alcohol dependence and whether couple therapy vs couple therapy with individual CBT shows better alcohol treatment outcomes. Previous studied were...

Alcohol, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Treatment Knowledge

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Correlates of Improvement in Substance Abuse Among Dually Diagnosed Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Specialized Intensive VA Treatment 1.25 credits

This course discusses the treatment of veterans with PTSD and substance use issues. It examines specialized intensive VA treatment such as: Evaluation/Brief Treatment PTSD Units (EBTPUs), Specialized Inpatient PTSD Units...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Veteran, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Comorbidity of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Among Hispanic Adolescents 1.25 credits

This course examines substance abuse and psychiatric symptoms in Hispanic adolescents. Using a pool of treatment seeking Hispanic adolescents, the study used variables such as age, gender, preferred language, internal...

Adolescents, Co-Occurring Disorders, Hispanic

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

An Electronic Screen for Triaging Adolescent Substance Use by Risk Levels 1 credit

The course explain the development of a screening tool used for determining risk level of SUD for adolescents in primary care. Authors used a hybrid of existing screening tools. Given...

Adolescents, Alcohol, Tobacco

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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 credits

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...

Alcohol, Minorities, Opioids, Tobacco, Contingency Management

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Longitudinal Association Between Pain Severity and Subsequent Opioid Use in Prescription Opioid Dependent Patients With Chronic Pain 1 credit

This course examines the link between the existence of chronic pain and pain severity on subsequent opioid use in dependent patients with chronic pain. This study is a secondary analysis...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Chronic Pain

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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...

Prevention, Older Adults, Prevention Education, Marijuana

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Age Differences in Daily and Non-daily Cannabis Use in the United States, 2002–2014 1 credit

This course examines age difference in cannabis use in the US between 2002-2014. Previous research indicate a change in use in 2007, thus the data is separated before and after...

Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Marijuana

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood 6 credits

This course deals with principles of substance abuse prevention in early childhood. This course includes: intervening in early childhood can alter the life course trajectory in a positive direction, increasing...

Prevention, Prevention Planning and Evaluating, Youth

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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

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...

Alcohol, Older Adults, Digital Interventions

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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

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,...

Prevention, Harm Reduction, Older Adults, Prevention Education, Marijuana

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Helpful Ingredients in the Treatment of Long-Term Substance Use Disorders-A Collaborative Narrative Study 1 credit

This course discuses effective components in the treatment of long-term Substance Use Disorder (SUD) based on client experiences and collaborative research. It includes case studies, the Recovery Management model, rapport...

Evidence Based Interventions

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Heroin and Prescription Opioids 1.25 credits

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...

Opioids, Prescription Drugs, HIV, Hepatitis

Treatment Knowledge

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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