Addictions, Substance Use Category

Quick Guide for Clinicians: Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy

1.5 CE Hour
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About the Course

An introduction to family therapy interventions and issues of family therapy applications for substance abuse counselors. This quick guide focuses on how substance abuse affects the entire family and provides basic information needed to treat families. There is also a useful appendix that lists additional resources.

This course is based on the reading online article, Quick Guide for Clinicians: Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy created by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2015.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2015

Course Material Author

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 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

Stephen H. Crane MA

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, 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 To identify the costs and benefits of using family therapy interventions as adjuncts to substance abuse treatment
  2. 2 To describe the major theories/interventions in family therapy and their applications to substance abuse treatment
  3. 3 To identify major considerations concerning screening of family violence/child abuse during assessment of needs in substance abuse treatment

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Material Authors

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Course Creator

Stephen H. Crane MA – 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

1.5 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 102499

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2035.

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