Drug Abuse Treatment Evidence: Collection I NIDA Notes: Article 1: How Drug Abuse Affects the Brain and Alters Behavior Are Key Questions Driving Division's Work Article 2: Research in Brief Article 3: Checkup System Catches Relapse Early and Facilitates Return to Treatment

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About the Course

This course is based on three NIDA Notes articles. NIDA Notes is a large collection of brief relevant articles focusing on current drug abuse treatment evidence.

How Drug Abuse Affects the Brain and Alters Behavior Are Key Questions Driving Division’s Work is about how a compound that appears promising for treating cocaine relapse is wending its way along a chain of discovery and trial that links NIDA’s various Divisions.

Research in Brief: Medical Care During Addiction Treatment Reduces Hospital Use explains how on-site delivery of primary care reduces emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient hospital stays among adult patients in methadone maintenance or in long-term residential treatment programs.

Checkup System Catches Relapse Early and Facilitates Return to Treatment describes how by supplementing regular recovery checkups with motivational interviewing and active linking to treatment can get relapsing patients back into treatment sooner.

All three articles are contained in one PDF.

This course is based on the reading online article, Drug Abuse Treatment Evidence: Collection I NIDA Notes: Article 1: How Drug Abuse Affects the Brain and Alters Behavior Are Key Questions Driving Division’s Work Article 2: Research in Brief Article 3: Checkup System Catches Relapse Early and Facilitates Return to Treatment created by Lori Whitten et al

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: NIDA
Publication Date: February 2007 and July 2006

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were 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.

Lori Whitten
Lori Whitten is a NIDA Notes Staff Writer.
Debra P. Davis
Debra P. Davis is a NIDA Notes Staff Writer.

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 how drug abuse affects the brain and alters behavior; how medical care during addiction treatment reduces hospital use, and how a checkup system catches relapse early and facilitates return to treatment. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify how drug abuse affects the brain and alters behavior.
  2. 2 Explain how medical care during addiction treatment reduces hospital use.
  3. 3 Describe how a checkup system catches relapse early and facilitates return to treatment.

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Commercial support

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

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 101629

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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