VOLUME C: Addiction Medications and Special Populations
 

 

Module 1: Addiction Basics: Alcohol and Benzodiazepines; Psychostimulants, Volatile Substances, and Cannabis
  Module 1 consists of 3 workshops. The first workshop focuses on some basic definitional information on addiction and neurobiology of psychoactive disorders. Workshops 2 and 3 review medical and psychiatric considerations surrounding intoxication, withdrawal and management of withdrawal for major drug categories.
Leader's Guide
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Module Support Documents
Pre-post Knowledge Assessment Form
Trainee Satisfaction Form
Resource Materials
   
Module 2: Opioids: Basics of Addiction; Opiate Agonist, Partial Agonist, and Antagonist Therapies
 

Module 2 consists of 4 workshops that describe the rationale and procedures for use of addiction pharmacotherapies. Major emphasis is on the established opiate pharmacotherapies: methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone and naloxone. Current status of pharmacotherapies for stimulant abuse is also reviewed.

Leader's Guide
Presentation for printing
Module Support Documents
Pre-post Knowledge Assessment Form
Trainee Satisfaction Form
Clinical Forms
Form 579—Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Form 583—Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Resource Materials
   
Module 3: Special Populations: Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders, Women, and Young People
  Module 3 consists of 3 workshops on topics of special populations. Workshop 1 focuses on issues related to substance abuse and its treatment for people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. Workshop 2 focuses on topics related to treatment of women with substance use disorders. Workshop 3 describes common substance use problems among young people and considerations for their treatment.
Leader's Guide
Presentation for printing
Module Support Documents

Pre-post Knowledge Assessment Form

Trainee Satisfaction Form
Resource Materials
   

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