• Pharmacology
• Intervening with the ATOD Adolescent
• Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
• Proposal Development and Grant Writing
• Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Brief Intervention/Therapies for Substance Abuse
• Enhancing Motivation for Change
• Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders
• Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
• Relapse Prevention
• Prevention Basics
• Prevention Principles for Scientifically Defensible Prevention Strategies
• Science-Based ATOD Abuse Prevention
• Prevention and Treatment Among Women
• Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth
• Substance Abuse Treatment with the Criminal Justice Offender

Dual Disorders: Alcohol, Other Drug and Mental Illness

Course developed by Pamela Petersen-Baston, CAP, CAPP.

The treatment needs of patients who have a psychiatric disorder in combination with an alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorder (a dual disorder) differ significantly from the treatment needs of patients with either an AOD use disorder or a psychiatric disorder by itself. Establishing an accurate diagnosis for patients in addiction and mental health settings is an important and multifaceted aspect of the treatment process. Clinicians must discriminate between acute primary psychiatric disorders and psychiatric symptoms caused by alcohol and other drugs (AODs).

topics covered

• the relationships between AOD use and psychiatric symptoms and disorders
  
  
• differences between AOD abuse, addiction/dependence and misuse
  
  
• mental health and addiction treatment systems: philosophical and treatment approach issues
  
  
• definition, assessment, and treatment for AOD abuse and:
  1. mood disorders
  2. anxiety disorders
  3. personality disorders
  4. psychotic disorders
     
     
• AOD-induced conditions

CEUs: 8

Continuing Education Units available for:

• Substance Abuse Professionals
  Content Area: Clinical Evaluation
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Mental Health Counselors
• DUI Instructors, Evaluators, and Clinical Supervisors
• Nurses

Contact us at (850) 878-2196 for more information or email Carol Hyden at chyden@fadaa.org.