Course Topic: Prescription Drugs

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A Primer on Non-Medical Prescription Opioid Misuse: Prevalence, Trends, and Clinical Implications 3 credits

Across the nation, drug overdose deaths have increased greatly in recent years. Non-medical prescription opioids and other illicit drugs pose dangerous consequences for those engaging in substance misuse. Given the...

Prevention, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Prevention Planning and Evaluating

Clinical Topics & Methods

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

Recorded Webinar

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)

Addictions, Substance Use

Medical Health, Pharmacology

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

PTTC-Prevention of Prescription Drug Use Among the Latino Community 1 credit

This course is a webinar that examines the preventions of prescription drug use among the Latino community. Highlighted by efforts in Gwinnett County Georgia, it includes: The Strategic Prevention Framework,...

Prevention, Minorities, Prescription Drugs, Hispanic, Prevention - Cultural Competency

No Cost Materials

Recorded Webinar

Trajectories of Prescription Opioid Dose and Risk of Opioid-related Adverse Events Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States: A Nested Case–control Study 1 credit

This study aims to compare trajectories of prescribed opioid doses in six months preceding an incident of opioid related adverse events (ORAE), for cases and for a matched control group...

Older Adults, Opioids, Prescription Drugs

Addictions, Substance Use

Aging, Long Term Care

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Mood and Anxiety Symptoms in Persons Taking Prescription Opioids: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Studies 1.25 credits

This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the use of prescription opioids and the development of mood and anxiety symptoms. The study employs a systematic review and...

Anxiety, Depression, Opioids, Prescription Drugs

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Medical Use and Misuse of Psychoactive Prescription Medications Among US Youth and Young Adults 2 credits

The purpose of this course is to investigate prevalence and correlates of medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adult. The course covers young...

Prescription Drugs, Youth

Addictions, Substance Use

Children and Adolescents

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Tip 26-Treating Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults-Treating Drug Use 2 credits

This course examines prescription misuse and drug use in older adults. It includes: drug use and prescription misuse among older adults, screening and assessment, continuum of care, treatment approaches suited...

Older Adults, Prescription Drugs

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults 15 credits

A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

This course is based on the book of the same title. Using the APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults and the Pikes Peak Model for Training in Professional...

Anxiety, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Decline, Older Adults, Prescription Drugs

Aging, Long Term Care

Material Cost $50

Book E-Library

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic-Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use- Progress and Future Directions 3 credits

This is an advanced course that examines the neurobiology of addiction, how the currents research fails to recognize this, and how prescribed use leads to opioid misuse. It covers alternatives...

Neuroscience, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Chronic Pain

Addictions, Substance Use

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Web-Based Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention for Adolescents Program Development and Formative Evaluation 1 credit

This course examines a well-researched and thoughtfully execute web-based prescription opioid prevention for adolescents. The randomized control trial focuses on prevention and control of the use of opioids. The participants...

Adolescents, Prevention Public Policy, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Digital Interventions

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Longitudinal Association Between Pain Severity and Subsequent Opioid Use in Prescription Opioid Dependent Patients With Chronic Pain 1 credit

This course examines the link between the existence of chronic pain and pain severity on subsequent opioid use in dependent patients with chronic pain. This study is a secondary analysis...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Chronic Pain

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Heroin and Prescription Opioids 1.25 credits

This course covers Heroin and prescription Opioids. It includes: what heroin is and how it is used, the scope of heroin in the US, the effects of heroin on the...

Opioids, Prescription Drugs, HIV, Hepatitis

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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