Substance Abuse Disorder

Welcome to Behavioral Health 3, Substance Abuse Disorder

In this course you will learn about some of the most common cases that present to your clinic on a daily basis from a Substance Abuse Disorder standpoint.  Dr. Grover-Wenk, a board-certified Family Medicine Physicians will teach you this through real life case scenarios that present to the clinic on a daily basis.  By the end of this course, you will be confident tackling these abnormalities with much more ease.  Because of the multiple topics in this section, Behavioral Health outpatient has been divided into three 4 sections.  For complete knowledge in this section, reviewing all sections is recommended

Videos:  1

Duration: 1.47 hours (1 hour and 47 minutes)

CME: 1.75 CME

Topics Discussed in this course: 

1. A Primary Care Approach to Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

a.  Attitudes towards diabetes vs. addiction

b.  Pathophysiology of addiction

c.  Substance use vs. substance dependence

d.  DSM5 Criteria for SUD

e.  Screening tools to use in the office

i.  SBIRT

ii.  The drug abuse screening test 10

iii.  Other screenings for specific populations

f.  Brief interventions

g.  Stages of change

h.  Sample talking techniques

i.  Overview of specific substances

i.  Alcohol

ii.  Stimulants

iii.  Opiates

iv.  “Club Drugs”

v.  Dissociative drugs

vi.  Hallucinogens

vii.  Miscellaneous

viii.  Cannabis

a.  Long term effects of marijuana on the brain

j.  Assessing treatment types for SUD

k.  Types of treatment centers

l.  Behavioral therapies for adults

m.  Behavioral therapies for children and adolescents

n.  Pharmacotherapy for addiction

i.  Opioids

ii.  Nicotine

iii.  Alcohol

iv.  Benzodiazepines

v.  PCP follow up for addiction patients

o.  Drug abuse categories

p.  Detecting prescription abuse

q.  Comorbid disorders with SUD

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