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General
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Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders Homepage
Introduction
This course on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders teaches medical and public health trainees and practitioners about the health risks of excessive alcohol use as well as the approaches used to prevent and treat alcohol misuse. In addition, it provides practical insight into screening and assessment techniques for alcohol use disorders.
The course is designed to help you gain:
- A basic introduction to alcohol use disorders and their causes.
- An overview of screening and interventions for alcohol use disorders.
- A brief overview of urgent situations and common comorbidities associated with alcohol use disorders.
- A brief overview of the direct physical effects and the indirect social effects of alcohol use disorders.
- Insights about the strategies used to communicate with people seeking care, their families, and caregivers.
There are four (4) modules to complete, which include:
Module 1: Introduction to Alcohol Use Disorder
Module 2: Withdrawal and Consequences of Alcohol Use Disorder
Module 3: Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Module 4: Care of Special PopulationsApproximate time for completion of this course is 15 hours at an average reading rate of 144 words/minute.
Engaging with this course
- To register for this course, complete the registration form. Begin the course with Module 1. For each lesson, read the description.
- There is a final quiz to assess your understanding of some important concepts. Click on the hyperlinks to take you to these items in each topic.
Requirements to obtain the certificate
You may browse this course for free to learn for your personal enrichment. There are no requirements.
To obtain a certificate, a learner must successfully complete:
- All reading requirements
- The final exam with a minimum of 70% and a maximum of 3 attempts and
- The self and course evaluation forms
This course meets nationally approved standards of education developed for the addiction/substance use disorders counseling profession. This course's participants are assured that the continuing education (CE) credits provided will be accepted toward national credentialing by the NAADAC Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCC AP), as well as by many of the individual state licensing/certification bodies in the addiction and other helping professions.Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified of future updates, new courses, and to be part of our community.
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Module 1: Introduction to Alcohol Use Disorder
Student Learning Outcome:
- Differentiate alcohol use, abuse, and dependence.
- Describe the risk and protective factors, and the prevention strategies for alcohol use disorders.
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Module 2: Withdrawal and consequences of alcohol use disorder
Student Learning Outcome:
- Summarize characteristics of alcohol withdrawal including:
i. Signs & symptoms
ii. Treatment options
iii. Complications - Recognize sequelae of alcohol use disorder including:
i. Social, psychological and spiritual problems
ii. Medical and psychiatric disorders
iii. Be knowledgeable in the treatment of the aforementioned sequelae
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Module 3: Treatment of alcohol use disorder
Student Learning Outcome:
Analyze techniques to confront and intervene patients with alcohol use disorder. - Discuss about types of treatment for alcohol use disorder including:
i. Pharmacotherapy
ii. Detox
iii. Rehabilitation models based on 12-step programs
iv. Other psycho-social, spiritual, and behavioral approaches
v. Counseling
vi. Individual and group psychotherapy
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Module 4: Care of special populations
Student Learning Outcome:
- Identify special considerations for the care of alcohol use disorders in Children, Adolescents, Pregnancy, and Seniors.
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Course and Self Evaluation & Certificate
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