SUD 885 - You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Understand: The Intervention of Assessment of Substance Use Disorders and Addictions

3 Credit(s) Clinical practitioners increasingly encounter individuals with unrecognized and untreated substance use disorders and other behavioral health problems. The foci of this course are on the early phase of treatment including intervention and assessment. Students will master evidence and practice based skills for engagement, biopsychosocial assessment, crisis management, acute stabilization and referral using level of care criteria. Three lecture hours per week. Students may apply individual course credit toward a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and/or CAGS in Substance Use Disorders & Addictions.
Pre-requisite: Master’s degree or permission of the coordinator.