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Brief Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse - Part 1  New 8 credits

Introduction through Chapter 4

This course is based on the book Brief Interventions for Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse. This course is Part 1 of a 4-part course and covers the Introduction through Chapter...  Read More

Material Cost $55

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Real-time Social Stress Response and Subsequent Alcohol Use Initiation Among Female Adolescents 1.5 credits

This article explores the relationship between social stress sensitivity and alcohol initiation among young female adolescents. It employs discrete-time survival analysis (DTSA) to investigate whether real-time social stress responses, induced...  Read More

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What Is the Evidence for "Food Addiction"? 1.25 credits

A systematic review

This article is a systematic meta-analysis of quantitatively research comparing food addiction to substance use. The authors evaluated empirical studies examining the controversial construct of food addiction in humans and...  Read More

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Introduction to the EMDR Model 2 credits

In this course we will explore the Model of EMDR, its potential usefulness within your practice, and the model as an adjunct therapy. EMDR is a well-researched and evidence-based modality,...  Read More

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Time for a Paradigm Shift: The Adolescent Brain in Addiction Treatment 1.75 credits

Brain regions responsible for evaluating potential consequences and in self-regulation are still developing during adolescence. High risk drinking patterns may be neurotoxic and negatively impact developmental trajectory of these adolescents....  Read More

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Cocaine Use Disorder (CUD): Current Clinical Perspectives 1.5 credits

This course provides an overview of the current understanding of CUD, including its prevalence, symptoms, risk factors, and available treatments. The article also discusses the importance of comprehensive care plans...  Read More

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Reading-Based Online

The Shame Spiral of Addiction 1 credit

Negative Self- Conscious Emotion and Substance Use

This is a research intensive course. The goal of this study is to investigate the bidirectional associations of negative self-conscious emotions and substance use, such as stimulants, alcohol, other substances,...  Read More

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A Systematic Review of Substance Use (Disorder) in Individuals With Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability 1.5 credits

The prevalence rates of substance use (SU) among individuals with mild to borderline intellectual disability (MBID) range from nearly non-existent to highly prevalent. This could be due to changes in...  Read More

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Brain, Body, and Recovery from Addiction 5 credits

The neuroscience underlying addictions

Please note that this is an intermediate level course that focuses on the neuroscience of addiction. We all seek out pleasure and avoid discomfort. However, for some people these basic...  Read More

Material Cost $70

Recorded Webinar

DBT Distress Tolerance Skills Workshop 2 credits

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment originally created to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). In recent years it has been increasingly used to treat many other disorders because of...  Read More

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How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? 1 credit

This study is intended to recognize factors that could influence how and why people with intellectual disabilities may engage and understand gambling harms. The primary focus of this research is...  Read More

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"This Is the Result of Something Else": Experiences of Men That Abused Drugs and Had Experienced Childhood Trauma 1 credit

The co-occurrence of childhood trauma and substance abuse problems in general populations has been explored in past research. The authors of this study designed a qualitative research study of men...  Read More

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Brain Interrupted-Early Life Traumatic Brain Injury and Addiction Vulnerability 1.5 credits

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

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Poor, Persecuted, Young, and Alone-Toward Explaining the Elevated Risk of Alcohol Problems Among Black and Latino Men Who Drink 1 credit

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

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Addiction and the Brain-Development, Not Disease 1.25 credits

This course discusses whether addiction is a disease. The author proposes the disease model of addiction is flawed. Instead he proposes a brain development model shaped through learning, neuroplasticity, self-organization...  Read More

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The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love - Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits (Part 1) 8 credits

This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction. Dr. Judson Brewer reveals how we can tap into the very processes that encourage addictive behaviors in order...  Read More

Material Cost $13

Book E-Library

The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic Latino Population-An Urgent Issue 1.75 credits

This course examines how the opioid crisis is impacting the Hispanic/Latino population. It includes: contextual issues related to opioid misuse and OUD in Hispanic/Latino communities, highlights of the national data,...  Read More

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Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic- Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use-Summary and Introduction 2 credits

This course examines the opioid epidemic and the measures that have been taken to decrease OUD. It includes: the charge of the current study, the study approach, definitions and terminology,...  Read More

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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...  Read More

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Trends in Opioid Use, Harms, and Treatment 4 credits

This course examines the opioid epidemic in detail. It begins with identifying the scope of the problem. The report includes: trends in prescription opioid use and misuse, risk factors for...  Read More

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