Course Category: Application to Practice

Showing 141–160 of 333 courses

Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System- Instruments for Screening and Assessing Co-occurring Disorders Part 1 7 credits

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,...

Criminal Justice, Co-Occurring Disorders, Suicide, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Clinical Assessment

Assessment

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Barriers, Facilitators, and Disparities in Retention for Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders-a Qualitative Study With Treatment Providers 1.25 credits

This course examines barriers, disparities, and facilitators for adolescent retention in substance abuse treatment. The authors interviewed 19 providers in Massachusetts with an average clinical experience of 11 years using...

Adolescents

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Pharmacotherapy for Stimulant Use Disorders-A Systematic Review 2 credits

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,...

Opioids, Pharmacotherapy, Stimulants

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Family Therapy and the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders 8 credits

This text serves as a guide to the use of family therapy methods and techniques in the treatment of substance abuse disorder in the context of overall support provided to...

Evidence Based Interventions

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

Material Cost $40

Book E-Library

Program Evaluation of Group Transcending Self Therapy-An Integrative Modular Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders 1 credit

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),...

Evidence Based Interventions, Groups, Veteran, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Group Counseling

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders 4 credits

This course examines the 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 for people...

Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions

Application to Practice

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

HIV and STDs

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Complexities With Group Therapy Facilitation in Substance Use Disorder Specialty Treatment Settings 1.25 credits

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...

Evidence Based Interventions, Groups

Group Counseling

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Comparison of 12-step Groups to Mutual Help Alternatives for AUD in a Large, National Study-Differences in Membership Characteristics and Group Participation, Cohesion, and Satisfaction 1.25 credits

This course compares traditional 12-Step groups to mutual help alternatives for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). It includes membership characteristics, group participation, cohesion, satisfaction, alternatives to the 12-step model, basic demographic...

Groups, Alcohol, 12 Step

Group Counseling

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Group Therapy and Substance Use Patients 1.5 credits

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...

Mindfulness, Evidence Based Interventions, Groups, Inpatient, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Group Counseling

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Systematic Review of Gambling-related Findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions 2.25 credits

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...

Alcohol

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dimensions of Impulsivity in Gambling Disorder 1 credit

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,...

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery: Part 3 8 credits

This course is part 3 of 3 courses based on the book entitled Process Not Perfection, Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery by Jamie Marich, Ph.D. This book focuses on...

Trauma, Art Therapy, Evidence Based Interventions

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Material Cost $10

Book

Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery: Part 2 7 credits

This course is part 2 of 3 courses based on the book entitled Process Not Perfection, Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery by Jamie Marich, Ph.D. This book focuses on...

Trauma, Art Therapy, Evidence Based Interventions

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Material Cost $10

Book

Process Not Perfection: Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery: Part 1 8 credits

This course is part 1 of 3 courses based on the book entitled Process Not Perfection, Expressive Arts Solutions for Trauma Recovery by Jamie Marich, Ph.D. This book focuses on...

Trauma, Mindfulness, Evidence Based Interventions

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Material Cost $10

Book

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mutual Help Group Participation for Substance Use Problems 1.25 credits

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...

Indigenous communities, Groups, Alcohol, African Americans, Hispanic

Group Counseling

Cultural Diversity

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Behavioral Couples Treatment for Substance Use Disorder-Secondary Effects on the Reduction of Risk for Child Abuse 1.5 credits

This courses discusses the role of behavioral couples treatment where one or more parents in the home have a substance use disorder (SUD) in reducing the risk of child abuse....

Evidence Based Interventions, Parents, Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT)

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Hispanic Participants in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network-A Scoping Review of Two Decades of Research 1 credit

This course examines data from the NIDA Clinical Trials Network tracking substance use disorder in Hispanics. It reviews 24 studies. It includes: participant demographics, drug use, co-morbidities, substance abuse treatment...

Opioids, Hispanic

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples 1.75 credits

This course examine using motivational interviewing in couples therapy as a way to enhance HIV prevention in gay and bisexual men. MI has been successful in drug treatment. It includes:...

Evidence Based Interventions, LGBTQ, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Couples

Family/Couple

HIV and STDs

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

We-Language and Sustained Reductions in Drinking in Couple-Based Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders 1.5 credits

This course discusses the use of language as a determining factor in outcome. Though previous research showed mixed results, the authors hypothesized that use of the word “we” was predictive...

Alcohol, Couples

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention for Stimulant Dependent Adults-A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial 1 credit

This course discusses Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for stimulant dependent adults. The authors included substance abuse of stimulants and addiction in clients with co-occurring Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and...

Anxiety, Mindfulness, Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Stimulants

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Showing 141–160 of 333 courses

Search More Courses

Try a free CE course.

Get started by trying a free course of your choice. No payment info required!

View all free trial courses