Addictions, Substance Use Category

Prescription Drug Abuse

1 CE Hour
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Course retiring in 40 days . Complete your exam by Dec 30th, 2025.

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About the Course

Misuse of prescription opioids, CNS depressants, and stimulants is a serious public health problem in the United States. Although most people take prescription medications responsibly, in 2017, an estimated 18 million people (more than 6 percent of those aged 12 and older) have misused such medications at least once in the past year. These articles explore the drugs that are commonly abused, reasons for the abuse and possible prevention measures.

This course is based on the reading online article, Prescription Drug Abuse created by National Institute of Drug Abuse in 2018.

Publication Details

Publication Date: December 2018 and September 2018

Course Material Author

National Institute of Drug Abuse

National Institute of Drug Abuse 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.

Dr. Gibson is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years in research, clinical and consulting practice. He has also held leadership roles in research administration and program evaluation and more recently has specialized in program evaluation and system analysis. He draws upon his years of expertise as a practicing psychologist, administrator, researcher and technologist to help universities evaluate their programs to implement, meet, and maintain CACREP standards.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists,nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Acknowledge the alarming rate of prescription drug use.
  2. 2 Identify the different risk factors of addiction to various prescription drugs.
  3. 3 Apply evidence-based treatment specific to the type of prescription drug

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

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.

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Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 102432

Related Topics

Prescription Drugs

Availability

This course is available until Dec 30th, 2025.

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