Courses created by L.A. Rankin

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Relative Expected Value of Drugs Versus Competing Rewards Underpins Vulnerability to and Recovery from Addiction 1.5 credits

This course address numerous theories and models in an attempt to create a unified theory of addiction based on concurrent drug choice tasks and relative value using economic Decision Theory....

Brief Intervention, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Contingency Management

Treatment Knowledge

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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...

Neuroscience

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Understanding Addiction

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

Baseline Patterns of Substance Use Disorder Severity and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Moderate the Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention 1.5 credits

This is a research intensive course that examines Mindfulness-based relapse prevention in patients with substance use disorder (AUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) with treatment moderates of depressive and anxiety...

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

Application to Practice

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults 4 credits

This course examines prevention of substance abuse in young adults. It includes: preventing substance misuse among young adults, effectiveness of substance misuse prevention, evidence-based prevention, and guidance for selecting and...

Prevention, Young Adult

Prevention

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Systematic Review on the Use of Psychosocial Interventions in Conjunction With Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction 1.5 credits

This course discusses the use of psychosocial counseling in patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT). It examines various approaches in patients receiving methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. The interventions examined were CM,...

Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Contingency Management, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Family Based Interventions 1.5 credits

This course explores several family based interventions for Substance use and video conferencing to deliver it. It highlights evidence-based treatment using family therapy and behavioral interventions to deal with externalizing...

Evidence Based Interventions, Digital Interventions, Family Therapy

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use-A Move to the Level of Systems 1 credit

This course examines the risk of substance abuse to adolescents stemming from inappropriate attachment using systems theory and family-based intervention. It includes: Behavior and Exchange Systems Therapy (BEST), attachment, discourse,...

Trauma, Adolescents, Family Therapy

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Family/Couple

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 42 Co-Occurring Disorder Strategies, Special Populations and Treatment Models 7.5 credits

This course covers Chapter 5-7 of this TIP and examines co-occurring disorders (COD) strategies and treatment models to use, as well as treating special populations. It includes: competencies for working...

Criminal Justice, Co-Occurring Disorders, Minorities, Homelessness, Therapeutic Relationship, Pharmacotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 42 Co-Occurring Disorder Chapter 4-Diagnostic and Cross Cutting Topics 6.25 credits

This course examines the relationship between SUD and mental disorders, including DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. It includes: depressive disorders Bi-polar I Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia...

Trauma, Co-Occurring Disorders, Suicide, Veteran, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Eating Disorder, Attentention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

Clinical Evaluation

Assessment

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Kratom History and Current Perspectives 1.75 credits

This course examines the expanding use of Kratom in the US through two articles. The drug has similar effects to both opioids and stimulants depending upon preparation. The active ingredient...

Treatment Knowledge

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

RCT of Culturally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Substance Misuse and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior for Native American Women 1 credit

This course address culturally adapted cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in treating American Indians and Alaskan Natives with PTSD, substance misuse and HIV sexual risk behavior. It includes: adaptation of CPT,...

Indigenous communities, Alcohol, Cultural Adaptation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Application to Practice

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Universal School-Based Implementation of S-BIRT to Reduce and Prevent Drug Use - Process and Feasibility 1 credit

This course examines the universal implementation of SBIRT for adolescent alcohol and/or drug users in a school setting. It includes: community partners and school recruitment, screener selection, training and quality...

Adolescents, Prevention, Prevention Public Policy, School/University

Prevention

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Job Frustration in Substance Abuse Counselors Working With Offenders in Prisons Versus Community Settings 1.25 credits

This course examines the job frustrations among substance abuse counselors treating offenders in community vs prison settings. It includes: job frustration, counselor characteristics and job frustration, workplace setting and job...

Criminal Justice

Professional Readiness

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in a U.S. National Sample 1 credit

This course examines opioid agonist treatment racial disparities in treating opioid use disorder among ethnic minorities (Hispanic) and African Americans. Medication assisted treatment (MAT) was studied in opioid treatment programs....

Minorities, Opioids, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), African Americans, BIPOC, Hispanic

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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,...

Evidence Based Interventions, Opioids, Cultural Adaptation, Hispanic

Understanding Addiction

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Special Issues for Women in Recovery Groups 2 credits

This material for this course examines issues pertaining to women in recovery groups. The first article tests the efficacy of the Women’s Recovery Group (WRG) vs mixed gender groups. The...

Recovery Oriented, Groups, Alcohol, 12 Step

Treatment Knowledge

Group Counseling

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Family Stress Processes and Drug and Alcohol Use by Mexican American Adolescents 2 credits

This course examines the family stress model to determine economic impact on alcohol use and drug use in Mexican American. It includes; explanation and use of Family Stress Model, familism...

Adolescents, Alcohol, Hispanic

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Vulnerability Or Resilience to Early Substance Use Among Adolescents At Risk-The Roles of Maltreatment and Father Involvement 1.5 credits

This course examines vulnerability vs resilience to substance use of at-risk adolescents and whether child maltreatment and father involvement are factors. It includes: child maltreatment and adolescent substance use, the...

Trauma, Adolescents, Parents

Treatment Knowledge

Prevention

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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