• Pharmacology
• Intervening with the ATOD Adolescent
• Dual Disorders: Alcohol, Other Drug and Mental Illness
• 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

Substance Abuse Among Older Adults

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

Researchers are only beginning to realize the pervasiveness of substance abuse among people age 60 and older. Until relatively recently, alcohol and prescription drug misuse, which affects as many as 17 percent (17%) of older adults, was not discussed in either the substance abuse or the gerontological literature.

topics covered

• Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic
  
  
• Models to Classify Alcohol Problems in the Older Adult
  
  
• Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Prescription Drugs and Over-the-Counter Medications
  
  
• Initial Contact/Screening
  
  
• Referral and Treatment Approaches
  
  
• Outcome Assessment and Cost Issues in Alcohol Treatment of Older Adults
  
  
• Future Research in the Area of Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
  

• Legal and Ethical Issues
• The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
• Index of Activities of Daily Living (Index of ADLs)
• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale
• Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Short Form
• Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D)
• Health Screening Survey (HSS), Revised

CEUs: 8

Continuing Education Units available for:

• Substance Abuse Professionals
  Content Area:
  Clinical Evaluation (7 CEUs)
  Professional & Ethical Responsibilities (1 CEU)
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Mental Health Counselors
• Nurses

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