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Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders: Sections 2 and 3 Second Edition

8 CE Hours
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About the Course

This course is based on the book of the same name by Charles Atkins, MD. Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders is a guide to practical assessment and effective treatment approaches for working with clients with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. This book/course provides a step-by-step approach, demonstrated through many relevant case studies, giving practitioners the valuable tools needed to improve and track clinical outcomes. This book/course provides effective strategies for treatment and recovery, as well as giving administrators the tools needed to create interventions at the system level, with special attention to regulatory and reimbursement demands.

This course is based on the book, Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders: Sections 2 and 3 created by Charles Atkins, MD in 2021.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Second Edition 2021

Course Material Author

Charles Atkins, MD
Charles Atkins, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, published author, clinical trainer, and the Chief Medical Officer for Community Mental Health Affiliates. He has extensive experience working with individuals with a broad-range of co-occurring disorders, has been a member of the Yale clinical faculty, and is a past regional medical director for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (CT). Dr. Atkins has written both non-fiction and fiction, including books on Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer's disease, as well as numerous published novels.

Charles Atkins, MD 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.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for all behavioral/mental health professionals who are seeking additional knowledge about the assessment and treatment of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. This course is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe and recall mental disorders and their presentations.
  2. 2 Describe and recall treatment approaches to mental disorders with co-occurring substance use disorders.
  3. 3 Describe and recall the mental disorders which are most likely to co-occur with substance use disorders.
  4. 4 Describe and recall substance-specific topics and issues.
  5. 5 Describe and recall substance-specific treatments.

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Commercial support

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

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Course Details

8 CE Hours
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Course 103290

Related Topics

Program Development Co-Occurring Disorders Evidence Based Interventions

Availability

This course is available until Dec 30th, 2032.

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