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This course is part of a trauma-informed care series. It begins with a discussion of screening and assessment concepts, with a particular focus on trauma informed screening. It then highlights specific factors that influence screening and assessment, including timing and environment. Barriers and challenges in providing trauma-informed screening are discussed, along with culturally specific screening and assessment considerations and guidelines. Instrument selection, trauma-informed screening and assessment tools, and trauma-informed screening and assessment processes are also reviewed.

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This course is part of a trauma-informed care series. It provides an overview of traumatic experiences. It describes types of trauma; distinguishes among traumas that affect individuals, groups, and communities; delineates trauma characteristics; and addresses the socioecological and cultural factors that influence the impact of trauma.

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This continuing education human sexuality course will define the term sexual disorder, and will discuss various kinds of sexual disorders. It will examine the physical and psychological causes of sexual disorders and will discuss therapies for sexual disorders.

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A tobacco use disorder is diagnosed according to criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and current research identifies tobacco patterns and severity of use that clinicians can reference when diagnosing and planning treatment. Medication and behavioral-based interventions such as direct provider to patient interaction, group therapy, specialized clinics, self-help interventions using educational resources and telephone resources or counseling are the mainstay of smoking cessation. Risk factors related to tobacco use, smoking cessation options and relapse prevention are discussed.

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Therapeutic communities are a common form of long-term residential treatment for substance use disorders. This course provides an overview of the therapeutic community treatment modality and its effectiveness in serving those with substance use disorders.

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This course provides a fully updated and comprehensive account of the psychopathology, clinical assessment, and treatment of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. It emphasizes functional assessment and modern psychological treatment and rehabilitation methods, which continue to be under-used despite overwhelming evidence that they improve outcomes.

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reviews brain research on the neurobiological processes that turn casual substance use into a compulsive disorder

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This course provides information that clinicians can use to improve their recognition and understanding of trauma and improve the help seeking experiences of trauma victims. It details trauma and trauma-informed care in behavioral health services so that programs and interventions can best meet the needs of trauma survivors. The course emphasizes the importance of recognizing and understanding common responses to trauma, signs and symptoms of trauma, trauma-related and co-occurring disorders, and cultural considerations when involved in trauma work.

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Telemental health, including telepsychiatry, telepsychology, and teletherapy, is a communication and information system that allows clinicians to provide psychiatric and behavioral health services using the telephone, videoconferencing, and the Internet. This course provides information for practitioners new to using technology to provide remote behavioral and mental health services, covering benefits, risks, protections, legal and regulatory considerations, ethical considerations, and multicultural practice.

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Telemental health, including telepsychiatry, telepsychology, and teletherapy, is a communication and information system that allows clinicians to provide psychiatric and behavioral health services using the telephone, videoconferencing, and the Internet.

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Introductory-level learning material presenting social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists with information needed to implement telehealth therapy into the treatment of serious mental illness and substance use disorders, discussing need, benefits, challenges, effectiveness, and evaluation approaches.

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This course describes a transtheoretical approach that has been the gold standard in supervisory practice for nearly two decades. Participants will learn how to identify, assess, and track the knowledge, specific skills, broad attitudes, and human values that undergird a series of professional competencies in areas such as professional values, sensitivity to individual and cultural differences, ethical and legal standards, self-care, scientific knowledge and methods, applying evidence-based practice, and more.

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Issues related to substance-induced psychosis are important for clinicians to understand so that they can properly assess and determine root cause when patients manifest signs of mental illness. Factors related to substance-induced psychosis vary depending on the patient's age, type and frequency of drug used. Early intervention by a qualified and knowledgeable health clinician is critical to help patients obtain the needed treatment and to avoid patient risk of harm to self and harm to others.

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This CEU course provides practical and evidence-based practice guidance on Substance Abuse Problems. It includes information on the definitions, characteristics, theories and models, diagnostic and treatment indications, and relevant aspects and methods of evidence-based psychosocial treatments for substance abuse problems.

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This course prepares clinicians to adapt SUD treatments and services to each family's individual makeup and needs. It covers different types of families, family-based SUD treatment approaches, family systems, and the role of substance misuse on family dynamics.

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This course presents clinicians with different family counseling approaches available for SUD treatment and ways to integrate these family-based counseling techniques into SUD treatment. Clinicians will learn how to determine the most appropriate course of treatment to help develop more targeted treatments that directly address families' and clients' challenges for improved outcomes.

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Substance use during pregnancy is not uncommon. Pregnant women have been found to consume alcohol during the first trimester of pregnancy, and both illicit and prescription drug use have become a public health concern for women during pregnancy. Fetal exposure to substances affects normal fetal development and is associated with a high rate of low birth weight and childhood development and cognitive impairment. Screening for the risk and the diagnosis of a substance use disorder during pregnancy, as well as correlating socioeconomic and other environmental stressors; and, treatment and follow-up of the mother's recovery and the child's development in utero and after birth are discussed.

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Covers treatment and goals of therapy, patient education and relapse management for individuals with substance use and addiction disorders, including detoxification, recovery processes, identification of stressors and triggers, and community resources.

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Unique challenges exist for individuals with a substance use and addiction disorder. Individuals with multiple substance use disorders and cross addictions are expected to have a higher degree of physical symptoms from substances consumed and longer period of time of detoxification. A personalized detoxification treatment plan is needed for individuals diagnosed with a substance use disorder according to their unique medical, psychiatric, and substance use history.

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Policies and preventive interventions for substance misuse benefit the individuals, groups, communities, and populations clinicians serve. Prevention programs are effective in reducing substance-related harms in a wide variety of settings and for a diversity of communities.

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