Courses applicable to New York CASAC

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Treating Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders 2 credits

This course features two separate articles that discuss treating co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD) and psychiatric disorders. The first article deals with clients in psychotherapy and includes vignettes. It highlights...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Psychodrama

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

An Electronic Screen for Triaging Adolescent Substance Use by Risk Levels 1 credit

The course explain the development of a screening tool used for determining risk level of SUD for adolescents in primary care. Authors used a hybrid of existing screening tools. Given...

Adolescents, Alcohol, Tobacco

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

21st Century Neurobehavioral Theories of Decision Making in Addiction-Review and Evaluation 2.75 credits

This course examines neurobehavioral theories of addiction and evaluates them against benchmarks. Each theory is explained from inception, various modifications to its current state. The seven main theories discussed are:...

Neuroscience

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Marijuana and Gender Differences in African Americans 1.75 credits

This course examines depression and racism as it pertains to African American adolescents and marijuana Two studies were completed and two papers written by the same authors. Links were found...

Adolescents, Co-Occurring Disorders, Minorities, Marijuana, African Americans

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

Cultural & Racial Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

What Are the Long Term Effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Substance Use? 1 credit

Young adult drug use and law breaking behaviors often have roots in adolescence. These behaviors are predicted by early drug use, parental substance use disorders, and disrupted and conflict-ridden family...

Adolescents, Evidence Based Interventions, Brief Intervention, Family Therapy

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

Couples, Family

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Demographic Trends Among Older Cannabis Users in the United States, 2006–13 1 credit

This course examines demographic trends in cannabis use in the older adult population through the use of geriatric epidemiology. Cannabis use in on the rise in a population with existing...

Prevention, Older Adults, Prevention Education, Marijuana

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Assessing the Usability of Web-Based Alcohol Education for Older Adults-A Feasibility Study 1.75 credits

This course discusses the usability of web-based alcohol education for adults 55 and older. Drinking frequency and quantity were measured at baseline and 4 week follow-up. Participants were given a...

Alcohol, Older Adults, Digital Interventions

Aging, Long Term Care

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Challenges Facing a Rural Opioid Epidemic-Treatment and Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C 1.5 credits

This course addresses challenges facing a rural opioid epidemic for the treatment and prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C. This course includes: current epidemiological trends in HIV and HCV among...

Rural/Remote Communities, Opioids, HIV, Hepatitis

HIV and AIDS

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sociocultural Context for Sex Differences in Addiction 1 credit

This review discusses the importance of investigating both sex and gender differences in addiction and relapse in studies of humans and in animal models. Addiction is both a cultural and...

Addictions, Substance Use

Gender Issues

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Seeking Safety Vs. Relapse Prevention Training for Women With Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders 1.5 credits

This course examines a singular effective treatment for co-occurring PTSD and addiction. The authors chose to study women, as they prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder is markedly higher in women...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Emotional Disregulation, Counseling Services

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Culturally Competent Prevention and Treatment 1.5 credits

This research intensive course examines various aspects of treatment in racial and ethnic groups and sexual minorities. Evidence-based practices were used to study alcohol use, abuse, and dependence in ethnic...

Indigenous communities, Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Cultural Adaptation, Prevention Cultural Competence

Addictions, Substance Use

Cultural & Racial Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dissociation Debates-Everything You Know Is Wrong 1 credit

This course examines the controversy over Dissociative Identity Disorder. There is a historical retrospective of dissociation and amnesia. Dissociative theoretical models are outlined. It discusses the history of dissociation, dissociative...

Clinical Topics & Methods

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Creating a Climate for Therapist Improvement-A Case Study of an Agency Focused on Outcomes and Deliberate Practice 1.25 credits

This course examines quality improvement of therapist effects through routine outcomes monitoring. The study was longitudinal lasting 7 years, using 153 therapists treating 5,128 patients in Canada. An agency used...

Supervision

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sexual-orientation Differences in Drinking Patterns and Use of Drinking Contexts Among College Students 1.25 credits

This course examines the effect of sexual orientation and gender on alcohol use, using graduated frequency measures and drinking contexts. Binge drinking patterns were studied. Sexual identity was shown to...

Addictions, Substance Use

Gender Issues

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Treatments for Smoking Cessation 1.5 credits

This course explores smoking cessation and depression. The articles look at the rate of abstinence for patients with mild and moderate/severe depression compared with patients without depression. Nicotine Replacement Therapy...

Clinical Topics & Methods

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Brief Motivational Interviewing and Adolescent Alcohol Use 1.5 credits

These articles discuss the use of motivational interviewing (MI) as a treatment for adolescent alcohol use. One article focuses on MI's impact of heavy drinking days and the other looks...

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Does One Day of Drinking Matter? 21st Birthday Drinking Predicts Subsequent Drinking and Consequences 1 credit

This course examines the effects of high peak (binge) drinking on the 21st birthday. The study included a large sample of 599 college students. Surprisingly those who drank less at...

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

On Mourning and Recovery-Integrating Stages of Grief and Change Toward a Neuroscience-Based Model of Attachment Adaptation in Addiction Treatment 1 credit

Interpersonal attachment and drug addiction share many attributes across their behavioral and neurobiological domains. Understanding the over-lapping brain circuitry of attachment formation and addiction can lead to a better understanding...

Addictions, Substance Use

Material Cost $25

Reading-Based Online

The Effect of Brief Interventions for Alcohol Among People With Comorbid Mental Health Conditions-A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials and Narrative Synthesis 1 credit

This article reviews the evidence on the effect of brief interventions (BIs) for alcohol among adults with risky alcohol consumption and comorbid mental health conditions. Differences in the findings may...

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Conceptualizing Gambling Disorder With the Process Model of Emotion Regulation 1 credit

Nowadays, gambling disorder (GD) is a worldwide health issue and there is a growing need to both improve our understanding of this disorder and to tailor specific interventions for its...

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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