Course Topic: Pharmacotherapy - Addiction Counselor CE

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The Impact of Pharmacotherapy of Childhood-Onset Psychiatric Disorders on the Development of Substance Use Disorders 1 credit

This intermediate and above level course is tailored for counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers seeking to enhance their expertise. Participants at the intermediate and above levels...

Adolescents, Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Prescription Drugs, Pharmacotherapy, Attentention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

Pharmacology

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review 5.5 credits

This systematic review examines pharmacotherapy for adults with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in outpatient settings, aiming to assess efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of specific medications, as well as evidence...

Alcohol, Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacology

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Relative Effectiveness of Medications for Opioid-related Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 1.5 credits

This course looks at the effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutic interventions with patients who are diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder. The meta-analysis includes more than 70 studies and discusses findings of this...

Opioids, Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacology

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple 3 credits

Non-prescribing therapists are crucial to the effective and safe use of psychiatric medications by their clients. In contrast to clinicians who focus primarily on medications, therapists generally spend more time...

Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacology

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Recorded Webinar

New Treatment Pathways to Recovery: Medication Assisted Treatment With American Indian/Alaska Natives 1.5 credits

This course combines two recent research articles dealing with the acceptability of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder among American Indian/Alaska Natives. The articles explore barriers to MAT treatment...

Indigenous communities, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Application to Practice

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Treatment Knowledge

Cultural Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Alcohol Use Disorder: The Role of Medication in Recovery 1.25 credits

This course looks at the prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the United States. It underlines the necessity of pharmacotherapy as a treatment option for AUD, as well as...

Alcohol, Pharmacotherapy

Application to Practice

Pharmacology

Treatment Knowledge

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults 3 credits

This guide presents an overview of current approaches and challenges to identifying and treating CSU and concurrent SUD in adults aged 18 and older. It documents three evidence-based practices that...

Evidence Based Interventions, 12 Step, Pharmacotherapy, Contingency Management, Polysubstance

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Insomnia 1.5 credits

A Narrative Review of New Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapies

Insomnia is a complex disorder that can include underlying pathophysiology. Treatment warrants consideration of different nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options. This narrative review provides a summary of the diagnostic criteria...

Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Pharmacotherapy, Insomnia, Sleep Disturbance

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dopamine and Risky Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder 1.25 credits

Gambling disorder is a behavioral addiction associated with impairments in value-based decision-making and cognitive control. These functions are thought to be regulated by dopamine within fronto-striatal circuits, but the role...

Pharmacotherapy

Treatment Knowledge

Pharmacology

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD in Addicted Patients: What Does the Literature Tell Us? 2 credits

Substance use disorder (SUD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently co-occur, and the presence of ADHD complicates the treatment of the addiction. Pharmacotherapy is a potent intervention in childhood and adult...

Pharmacotherapy, Attentention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)

Pharmacology

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 33 Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders-Medical Aspects of Stimulant Use Disorder 3.5 credits

This course examines medical aspects of stimulant use disorders. It includes: toxicity, addiction, and other adverse reactions, intoxication, clinical manifestations and medical management, identification and management of medical complications, identification...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Stimulants

Pharmacology

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

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

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (TIP 63)-Pharmacotherapy in OUD 7 credits

This TIP is about using FDA approved medications to treat Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Part 3 of this TIP describes general principles of OUD pharmacotherapy and discusses medication formulations, indications,...

Opioids, Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, Partnering Addiction Treatment Counselors With Clients and Healthcare Professionals 2.75 credits

TIP 63 provides a clinical overview of three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) as well as addresses other strategies useful in the management of this...

Opioids, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Role of Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders 2 credits

This course discusses the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of substance use disorder in adolescents. Various medications are examined, in a wide range of addictions, including Tobacco Use Disorder...

Adolescents, Marijuana, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Anxiety Disorders and the Medications That Treat Them 1 credit

This webinar presents the criteria for Anxiety Disorders as described in the DSM-V and discusses the appropriate medications to be used when treating each type of anxiety disorder. The presentation...

Anxiety, Pharmacotherapy

No Cost Materials

Recorded Webinar

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