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- Psychoactive Substance Use Disorder
- Terminology
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Barbiturates
- Antipsychotics (Major Tranquilizers)
- Other Stimulants
- The Addiction Process
- The Recovery Process
- Screening
- Goals and Objectives
- Counseling Skills
- Patient care/management
- Resolution
- Non-drug issues
- Self-help programs
- Special issues/populations
- Chronic illness and communicable diseases
- Addiction counseling
- Discharge planning / continuing care
- Disease model and stages
- Family
- Children of alcoholics/addicts
- Co-dependency
- Human growth and development
- Behavioral/cognitive/analytical theories The Professional Issues section covers:
- Law and regulation
- Reporting
- Infectious diseases
- Ethics
- Clinical
- Research and outcome studies
- Outpatient treatment research
- Gender issues in treatment success