✅ About this Course

The need for clinicians who understand substance use disorder is growing! By combining the behavioral and pharmacological interventions included in this course, you’ll be equipped to handle the full spectrum of substance use disorders, whether you’re in the hospital, the emergency department, or the outpatient setting.

After completing this course, you will be able to

• Use accurate language to screen, diagnose, and characterize substance use disorders.
• Conduct an addiction history and physical using nonjudgmental, patient-centered language.
• Assess for past and future complications of substance use disorders.
• Choose the best treatment options for patients with tobacco use disorder.
• Safely manage alcohol detoxification in the inpatient or outpatient setting.
• Master the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder.
• Effectively treat patients with acute intoxication from club drug toxidromes.
• Determine when treatment is warranted for patients using marijuana.
• Diagnose and treat benzo use disorder.
• Interpret urine drug testing results in the context of opioid prescribing and monitoring.

CHAPTER 1: Introducing addiction

This chapter provides a framework for how to screen, diagnose, and characterize substance use disorders using accurate language.

• Introducing addiction intro
• Using the language of addiction
• Examining the impact of stigma
• Detecting unhealthy substance use
• Introducing addiction quiz

CHAPTER 2: The addiction assessment

This chapter covers conducting an addiction history and physical using nonjudgmental, patient-centered language that assesses for complications of substance use disorders.

• The addiction assessment intro
• Taking a history
• Looking for complications
• Gathering more data
• The addiction assessment quiz

CHAPTER 3: Mastering the neuroscience

Not a neurobiologist? No worries! Here, we’ll help you identify the addictive potential of various substances, accompanying withdrawal states, and pharmacotherapy approaches.

• Mastering the neuroscience intro
• Reviewing the maladaptive neurobiology of addiction
• Grasping pharmacokinetics
• Mastering the neuroscience quiz

CHAPTER 4: Behavioral approaches

This chapter reviews integrating principles of motivational interviewing into conversations with patients to increase engagement in treatment.

• Behavioral approaches intro
• Assessing readiness for change
• Enhancing motivation
• Capitalizing on motivation to change behavior
• Behavioral approaches quiz

CHAPTER 5: Tobacco use disorder

Need to counsel a patient about quitting smoking? This chapter compares and contrasts the available treatment options for tobacco use disorder.

• Tobacco use disorder intro
• Targeting tobacco use
• Replacing the nicotine
• Prescribing non-nicotine treatments
• Tobacco use disorder quiz

CHAPTER 6: Alcohol use disorder

Here, we cover evidence-based medication for alcohol use disorder and safely managing alcohol detoxification in the inpatient or outpatient setting.

• Alcohol use disorder intro
• Identifying alcohol withdrawal syndromes
• Managing alcohol withdrawal
• Prescribing maintenance pharmacotherapy
• Alcohol use disorder quiz

CHAPTER 7: Opioid use disorder

In this chapter, you’ll master the practical differences between buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone in the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder.

• Opioid use disorder intro
• Reviewing the benefits of treatment
• Using opioid agonist therapy
• Managing patients with acute pain
• Opioid use disorder quiz

CHAPTER 8: Cannabis use disorder

This chapter will help you distinguish between recreational use of cannabis compared with cannabis use disorder and determine when treatment is warranted.

• Cannabis use disorder intro
• Reviewing the pharmacology of cannabis
• Managing the complications of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder
• Cannabis use disorder quiz

CHAPTER 9: Stimulant use disorders

Here, we’ll distinguish between powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine as well as the variety of manifestations associated with acute and chronic use of each.

• Stimulant use disorders intro0m 31s
• Outlining stimulant use disorders7m 14s
• Characterizing cocaine addiction5m 37s
• Mastering methamphetamine addiction3m 58s
• Managing acute intoxication and long-term treatment5m 41s
• Stimulant use disorders quiz

CHAPTER 10: Club drugs and benzodiazepines

In this chapter, you’ll master identifying the variety of club drug toxidromes and how to effectively treat patients who present with acute intoxication.

• Club drugs and benzodiazepines intro
• Recognizing MDMA use and its complications
• Recognizing bath salt use and its complications
• Recognizing synthetic cannabinoid use and its complications
• Recognizing PCP use and its complications
• Recognizing benzodiazepine use and its complications
• Club drugs and benzodiazepines quiz

CHAPTER 11: Interpreting the urine

This chapter covers interpreting urine drug testing results in the context of opioid prescribing as well as monitoring and reviewing basic drug metabolism principles.

• Interpreting the urine intro
• Incorporating urine drug screening
• Interpreting abnormal urine drug screen results
• Responding to unexpected findings
• Interpreting the urine quiz
• Essentials of Addiction Medicine outro

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