This webinar is part 1 of a 3 part webinar series on Stimulant Use Disorder, sponsored by the Northwest and Great Lakes ATTCs. Presented by Richard Rawson, PhD, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, UCLA School of Medicine and a Research Professor at the...

The Brief Screener for Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drugs (BSTAD) and Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI) are two, validated tools that help clinicians screen adolescents for substance use in under two minutes. In this short video, Dr. Geetha Subramaniam from the National Institute on Drug Abuse...

Conferencia: La formación de equipos de salud mental para reducir la brecha de la atención: El papel de Trabajo Social Ponente: Dra. María Elena Medina-Mora Fecha: 29 de noviembre del 2018 En el marco del 5to Foro de enfermedades neurológicas y psiquiátricas

This webinar, presented by Troy Montserrat-Gonzales, LPC, LMHC, re-examines compassion fatigue and self-care in light of neuroscience research and offers practical tools for professionals to use to mitigate their own compassion fatigue and strengthen their resilience.

Aaron Lyon, Ph.D. 2/5/2019 At their core, evidence-based psychosocial interventions (EBPIs) can be considered products intended for a range of different types of users. Usability – the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency...

Drug addiction researcher Nora Volkow walks us through the singular chemical that drives substance abuse.

While several pharmacotherapies have been developed for substance use disorders (SUD) in adults, relatively few have been studied in adolescents, and complex design and execution issues must be addressed to optimize the potential impact of current and future research in this important area. This one...

In the CTN, investigators and research staff engage in the conduct of studies and treatment for patients dealing with substance use and mental health disorders. There are a number of interventions and approaches used for relapse prevention and recovery, including coaching and counseling for...

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an empirically supported treatment for substance use disorders and a variety of other problematic behaviors. Over three decades of research have established the clinical effectiveness of MI and some of its mechanisms of action. This webinar, presented by Steve...

This 3-hour refresher course, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the public, to help assure appropriate administration of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), a standardized screening and assessment instruments...

UNODC Scientific Consultation – December 2015 RECENT SCIENCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF DRUG USE DISORDERS Phaedon Kaloterakis Assistant Director, KETHEA; Member, Board of Directors, International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium; Member, Board of European Federation of Therapeutic...