by admin on July 26, 2010
The new addictions course available on-line at PAHA is “Understanding Stimulants, Including Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Prescription Stimulants”. This is an 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Understanding Stimulants, Including Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Prescription Stimulants with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Stimulant Addiction, Tolerance, Dependence & Toxicity
- Neurobiological mechanism
- Clinical Aspects of Stimulant Use
- Cocaine
- Cocaine Pharmacological Effects
- Cocaine’s Health Effects
- Amphetamine-type Stimulants (ATS)
- Amphetamine-type Stimulants (ATS) Pharmacological Effects
- Amphetamine-type Stimulants (ATS) Synthetic CNS Stimulants
- ATS Licit and Illicit Forms
- Prescription Stimulant Pharmacological Effects
- Prescription Stimulant Availability
- Methamphetamine
- Acute Physiological Effects & Psychiatric effects of methamphetamine abuse
- Methamphetamine use and Pregnancy
- Methamphetamine Withdrawal
- Methamphetamine and Dopamine
- Medications used to treat Stimulant Use Disorders
- Ecstasy-type Stimulants
- Deadly Effects of Ecstasy
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on July 19, 2010
The new addictions course available on-line at PAHA is “Understanding Hallucinogenic drugs, including Cannabis, LSD, Club Drugs, and Psychedelics”. This is an 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Understanding Hallucinogenic drugs, including Cannabis, LSD, Club Drugs, and Psychedelics with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Intro to Hallucinogens
- Lysergic acid diethylamide LSD
- Peyote cactus / mescaline
- Psilocybe Mushrooms / Psilocybin
- Treatment of Hallucinogen-related disorders
- Long-Term Consequences
- PCP and ketamine
- Hallucinogenic amphetamines
- Cannabis
- THC and the Human Brain
- Drug: Drug interactions
- Medical use of THC
- Hawaii Cannabis Laws Incarceration and Fines
- Designer or Club Drugs
- ϒ-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
- Rohypnol
- Inhalants
- Sudden Sniffing Death
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
The new addictions course available on-line at PAHA is “Understanding Opiates Including Methadone and Prescription Narcotics”. This is an 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Understanding Opiates Including Methadone and Prescription Narcotics with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- History of Opiates
- Physiological functions and endogenous opiates
- Signs of Opiate Abuse/Dependence
- Natural History of Opiate Dependence
- Opiates and Genetics
- Human Costs of Opiate Dependence and Impact of MMT
- Health Care Costs
- Prescription Narcotics
- Prescription Opiate Dependence vs. Addiction
- OxyContin
- Assessing Signs of Opiate Intoxication
- Intervention
- Detoxification
- Signs and symptoms of opiate withdrawal
- Medications used in treatment of Opioid Dependence
- Methadone
- LAAM Levomethadyl Acetate
- Naltrexone ReVia/Naltrexone – Opiate Blocker (Agonist)
- Buprenorphine (Buprenex)
- Buprenorphine with Naloxone (Suboxone®)
- Pregnancy and Opiate Dependence
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
by admin on June 12, 2010
The new addictions course available this week at PAHA is “Introduction to Motivational Enhancement Therapy”. This is part one an 18-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Introduction to Motivational Enhancement Therapy with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
- Spirit of motivational interviewing
- High & Low MI Spirit
- Motivational Interviewing Style
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Clinical Considerations
- Eliciting Self-Motivational Statements
- Change Plan Worksheet
- Abstinence and Harm Reduction
- Recapitulating, Asking for Commitment & Follow-Through Strategies
- Reviewing Progress, Renewing Motivation & Redoing Commitment
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
The new addictions course being offered this week at PAHA is “Introduction to Family Systems for the Addictions Professional”. This is Part 3 of an 18-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Family Systems with a specific emphasis on the Role of Family and Significant Others in Substance Use Treatment for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- History of Family Therapy and Substance Use Treatment
- The Family Addiction Cycle
- The family life cycle and treatment retention
- Triangulation
- Self-Help Groups for the Addicted Family
- Coping Skills Therapy
- A Relational Intervention Sequence for Engagement (ARISE)
- Pressure to Change
- Community Reinforcement Training
- Unilateral Family Therapy
- Community Reinforcement and Family Training
- Types of Family therapy useful in addictions treatment: Family Involved Therapy, Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT), Family Systems Therapy, Structural Techniques, Behavioral Contracting, Solution-Focused Techniques
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
The new addictions course being offered this week at PAHA is “Report, Record Keeping, and Defensive Documentation for the Addictions Professional”. This is 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Report, Record Keeping, and Defensive Documentation with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Dos and Don’ts of Documentation
- Standards for Recordkeeping
- Informed Consent
- Secure Transmission of Facsimile Information
- Court-ordered reports
- The Referral Process
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: http://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
