CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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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)

Medical Health, Pharmacology

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Therapist Self-care Post-COVID: Conversations With a Wounded Healer 3 credits

This seminar will highlight SAMHSA’s Wellness Initiative “Eight Areas of Wellness” along with Kristin Neff’s components of self-compassion. Participants will be challenged to audit their own practices to align their...

Wellness, Burnout

Clinical Topics & Methods

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

Ethical and Safety Concerns Regarding the Use of Mental Health–Related Apps in Counseling: Considerations for Counselors 1.5 credits

The authors define and explore benefits and risks for using Mental Health Apps to augment counseling services. After ethical concerns are identified and explained, the authors suggest strategies for insuring...

Digital Interventions

Technology and Counseling

Ethics

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Ethical Aspects of Mental Health Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-, Pan-, Asexual, and Transgender People: A Case Based Approach 1 credit

This course's article is a review of the applications of ethical principles to behavioral health treatment with LGBTQ+ clients. Case studies of presenting issues of each client and relevant ethical...

LGBTQ

Gender Issues

Cultural & Racial Diversity

Ethics

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

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dealing With Ethical Challenges in Mental Health: a Focus Group Study 1.75 credits

Most studies of clinical ethics are based on scenarios, not direct reporting of how clinicians and clinical teams actually cope with ethical challenges. In this study, the authors use focus...

Ethics

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)

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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...

Alcohol, Minorities, African Americans, Hispanic

Addictions, Substance Use

Cultural & Racial Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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

Addictions, Substance Use

Cultural & Racial Diversity

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)

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Couples, Family

HIV and AIDS

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

Couples, Family

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)

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

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

Addictions, Substance Use

Cultural & Racial Diversity

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

Addictions, Substance Use

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

Addictions, Substance Use

Couples, Family

Cultural & Racial Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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