The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is “Clinical Screening and Assessment for the Addictions Professional: Mental Status Examination, Screening and Evaluation Tools”. This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Clinical Screening and Assessment with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Introduction to Clinical Screening and Assessments
- Clinical interviewing
- Eliciting Substance Abuse History
- Screening Instruments and Standardized Interviews
- Diagnosing Substance Use Disorders
- History of Substance Use Disorder: Psychiatric, Medical, Family, & Social
- Physical and Mental Status Examinations
- Biological Markers and Drug Toxicology Screening
- Breath Alcohol Test (Breathalyzer)
- Urine Drug Screen
- Serum Drug Screen & Alternative Specimen Tests
- Employment Testing
- Levels of Assessment and Care
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: https://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
Speak Your Mind