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Treatment Considerations for Youth and Young Adults With Serious Emotional Disturbances and Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-occurring Substance Use

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About the Course

This guide reviews interventions on treating substance misuse and substance use disorders (SUD) in youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED), distills the research into recommendations for practice, and provides examples of the ways that these recommendations can be implemented.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Treatment Considerations for Youth and Young Adults With Serious Emotional Disturbances and Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-occurring Substance Use created by SAMHSA in 2021.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Publication No. PEP20-06-02-001 2021

Course Material Author

SAMHSA

This publication was developed with a significant contribution from Christopher Hammond, MD, PhD and Cori Sheedy, MA, PhD. The guidance is based on the thoughtful input of SAMHSA staff and the Expert Panel on Treatment Considerations for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Emotional Disturbances/Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-occurring Substance Use from October 2019 through January 2021.

SAMHSA 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

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC

Hana Kuc is a Licensed Mental Heath counselor and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor who has been working in the field for 13 years. In that time she has worked as a counselor, therapist, educator and director. Hana has specialized in working with clients on medication assisted treatment, who are in recovery from opiates, and are also diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

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 activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Outline current approaches and challenges to addressing SED/SMI and co-occurring substance misuse or SUD among youth and young adults.
  2. 2 Describe three evidence based practices that engage and improve outcomes for youth and young adults with co-occurring SED/SMI and substance misuse or SUD.
  3. 3 Summarize guidelines for selecting and implementing treatment practices and programs to address SED/SMI and co-occurring substance misuse or SUD in youth and young adults, and resources for implementing best practices, monitoring outcomes, and improving quality.

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Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC – No relevant financial relationships.

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Course Details

2 CE Hours
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Profession Group

  • Addictions

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This course is available until Mar 18th, 2034.

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