Clinical Preventive Services in Substance Abuse and Mental Health

11 CE Hours
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About the Course

This course comes from a DHHS report that has been prepared to summarize the most promising preventive interventions intended to impact mental and substance abuse disorders, as well as medical outcomes. This report focuses on prevention services primarily delivered by health care systems, and excludes interventions provided by schools, worksites, communities, and criminal justice systems.

This course is based on the reading online article, Clinical Preventive Services in Substance Abuse and Mental Health created by Nitzkin, J., & Smith, S.A.

Publication Details

Publication Date: June 2004

Course Material Author

Nitzkin, J., & Smith, S.A.
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Nitzkin, J., & Smith, S.A. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about promising preventive interventions intended to impact mental and substance abuse disorders, as well as medical outcomes. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 To become familiar with recent developments in treatment of mental and substance abuse disorders throughout the life span
  2. 2 To learn more about psychoeducation for specific categories of adults
  3. 3 To get a comprehensive review of literature and implementation issues relating to mental and substance abuse disorders

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$79.20

Course Details

11 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 100905

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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