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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread phenomenon that affects individuals across gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, ability, gender identity, and geographic location. This course explores the sociocultural aspects of IPV in selected populations and is a resource for practitioners who work with survivors from diverse populations.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide phenomenon with negative effects across multiple life domains leading to varied individual and interpersonal problems. The course covers types of IPV, indicators, prevention strategies, screening, assessment, help-seeking dynamics, trauma-informed treatment, perpetrator treatment, legal and mandatory reporting issues, and cultural considerations for survivors of diverse groups including LGBTQ individuals, adolescents, elders, persons with disabilities, and other special populations.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide phenomenon with negative effects across multiple life domains. The course covers types, indicators, prevention strategies, screening, assessment, help-seeking dynamics, trauma-informed treatment, perpetrator factors, legal issues, and cultural considerations for treating IPV survivors and families.

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This course provides practical and up-to-date advice on current approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of insomnia. Participants will learn to correctly identify and diagnose insomnia and gain hands-on information on how to carry out treatment with the best evidence base: cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).

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Clinicians need to be informed about how to identify and diagnose an inhalant use disorder according the DSM-5 criteria. To diagnose accurately, clinicians need to able to know of the physical and psychological effects of an inhalant use disorder and the available treatment for individuals with an acute solvent intoxication and an inhalant use disorder.

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Peer support services enhance traditional substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and services by connecting people who are experiencing problematic substance use to others who have lived experience with problematic substance use and recovery. This two-part course series examines the key aspects and functions of peer support services and educates providers about peer support workers' services and skills.

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This course introduces key concepts related to peer support services in substance use disorder treatment, distinguishes the role of peer workers on a care team, describes core functions of peer workers, and explains challenges of being a peer worker.

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Mental health care providers must be familiar with existing interventions that are designed to address bias. Implicit bias refers to prejudicial attitudes toward and stereotypical beliefs about a particular social group or members therein. This intermediate-level learning material describes implicit bias and outlines existing research into its pervasiveness, nature, and history. It also describes the effects of implicit bias, how to screen for it, and ways to mitigate its influence on care.

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Human trafficking is a worldwide, prevalent phenomenon. There are varied forms of human trafficking with which clinicians should be familiar and different signs that they can identify when they encounter individuals they suspect are human trafficking victims. This learning material is designed for those practitioners who are interested in recognizing types of trafficking, knowing what international, federal, and state laws apply to victims and traffickers, learning about services available to victims, and implementing screening and counseling techniques with survivors.

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Comprehensive continuing education on HIV/AIDS for human services and mental healthcare clinicians, covering transmission, screening, prevention strategies, testing recommendations, clinical stages of HIV infection, treatment planning, and social and cultural issues. The course emphasizes the importance of pre- and post-diagnosis counseling, behavioral risk assessment, and reducing stigma among social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors.

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Comprehensive education on HIV and AIDS for mental health and human services professionals, covering transmission, screening, prevention strategies, testing recommendations, clinical stages, treatment, and social/cultural issues. Addresses behavioral risk assessment, pre- and post-test counseling, and care for special populations including pregnant women and children.

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In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in heroin use among both men and women, in virtually all age groups and at all socioeconomic levels. Some of the biggest increases have occurred in demographic groups which have historically shown a low level of heroin use, such as women, the privately insured, and those with high incomes. Studies show that heroin use has changed from an inner-city, minority and low income problem to one distributed primarily outside of large urban areas, reaching an epidemic level.

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This course describes the key components of health care systems; historical reasons substance use and its consequences have been addressed separately from other health problems; the key role that health care systems can play in providing prevention, treatment, and recovery support services (RSS) for substance use disorders; and the recent developments that are leading to improved integration of substance use-related care with the rest of medicine.

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This evidence based practice course on headache provides practical and evidence-based practice guidance on headache. It includes information on the diagnosis, identification, conceptualization, and treatment of headaches.

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This course provides education in the identification and treatment of gambling and gambling disorders, preparing social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors to identify signs and symptoms of gambling disorders and ethical standards that apply in clinical practice.

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This course provides an overview of frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, and related movement disorders, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and caregiving.

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Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a severe condition caused by moderate to heavy alcohol use by the mother during pregnancy. Mental health providers can better support clients facing challenges due to FAS when they understand the complexities of FAS and the importance of intervention in mitigating its effects. The course prepares social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and counselors to recognize FAS in clients and to use effective interventions and approaches when working with these clients and their families.

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Course covering the opioid crisis and fentanyl use, including treatment of fentanyl overdose, naloxone reversal, and fentanyl-induced psychosis. Topics include overdose detection, pharmacological profile, mechanism of action, and medical management.

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Based on SAMHSA's Moving Beyond Change Efforts, this course presents best practices for working with LGBTQI+ youth, covering evidence-based findings on sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, behavioral health concerns, and therapeutic approaches appropriate for clinical, community, family, and school settings.

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This course addresses the technology competencies, specific ethical challenges, requirements, and demands of telehealth services through scenarios, literature review, and discussion. Designed for human services and mental healthcare practitioners, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists.

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Presents information about ethical values, standards, and principles that guide client or patient care, as well as guidelines for making ethical decisions when dilemmas inevitably arise. Examines a wide variety of ethical challenges common to clinical practice and provides examples to apply these concepts to real world experience with clients. Discusses current research on emerging concerns such as dual relationships, telehealth, and social media.