Section: Module 3: Lesson 2: Intervention considerations in therapy and control of substance use disorders | Substance Use and Public Health | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Determine the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions.
    • Examine the advantages and disadvantages of pharmacotherapy interventions as a treatment option for substance use disorders.
    • Assess strategies to minimize the negative physical and social impact incurred by the behaviors related to drug use.
    • Differentiate stages of change and processes to undertake behavior change.
    • Compare different intervention strategies for substance abuse.
    • Propose addiction interventions that are sensitive to different cultural identities or states of change.
    Approximate time required to complete the readings (at 144 words/minute) and assignments for this lesson: 16 hours and 50 minutes.

    • Required Learning Resources
    • Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Treatment Approaches," "Individual Psychosocial Interventions," and "Special Populations." (22 minutes)

      NCBI

    • Read the entire article. (29 minutes)

      NIH

    • Read the entire article (18 minutes)

      The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal

    • Read the entire webpage (6 minutes)

      World Health Organization

    • Read the entire page (22 minutes)

      World Health Organization

    • Read the entire page, click on the headings "Pre-contemplative", "Contemplative", "Preparation & Action", and "Maintenance" to expand the content. (6 minutes)

      Recovery Research Institute


    • Read the content under the headings "3. The Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy" and "4. How to get there - Issues for discussion" (49 minutes)

      Government of Canada

    • Watch the entire video (5 minutes)

      CalSouthern Psychology

    • Read the abstract and from the heading "Categories" to the end of the article (33 minutes)

      BMC Implementation Science

    • Read the entire article (37 minutes)

      BMC Implementation Science

    • Step 1: Select a specific group or demographic of your interest that may benefit from interventions to aid on the therapy and control of substance use disorders.

      Step 2: For the selected group, prepare a 300 – 750 word proposal for an intervention strategy considering examples of best practices for adapting public health interventions explored in the lesson. The proposal should include steps to ensure adaptation of the strategy to the cultural characteristics of the group/demographic identified. Here the rubric for this activity

      Step 3: To share your work in Moodle, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste your work in the “message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting; see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

      Step 4: To complete the activity, you will need to comment on two posts made by your peers, in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. 

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      Quiz: Module 3

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    • Supplementary Learning Resources (Not Required)
    • Watch the video from 36:15 to 42:45 (7 minutes)

      National Nurse-Led Care Consortium