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CEU Course Description

This course aims to fill knowledge gaps that many have on why people become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to foster compulsive drug use.  In order to do this, scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat substance use disorders will be provided.

CEU Course Objectives

1.  Discuss the reasons for drug use that make adolescents particularly vulnerable.

2.  Investigate the methods of drug administration that increases its addictive potential and examine the cause of this phenomenon.

3.  Describe the treatment practice that seeks to help patients recognize, avoid, and cope with the situations in which they are most likely to abuse drugs.

ACE credit is not offered for this course. A list of courses offering ACE credit can be found here.

CAADE Approval

This course is CAADE approved.

Course Development: Each course is identified and reviewed by the appropriate Quantum Units Education consultant with professional and licensed expertise in the various disciplines we serve. Our professional consultants oversee course development to satisfy the needs of various professionals based on their board requirements, rate course degrees of difficulty and ensure the course content and exam questions are appropriate, relevant and comprehensive. See our professional staff and their bios here.

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Added On: 10/27/2011