This course will expire and will no longer be available on this site on July 1, 2008.  Please plan to finish the course by June 30th if you would like to earn contact hours for it.

This course has been approved for 6 clock hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2008.

The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with the latest and most significant findings related to the diagnosis of addictive illness.

When you complete this course, you will be able to:

1. Discuss the definitions, stages, and principles of addictive illness.
   
   
2. Identify the common drugs of abuse and their physiological effects.
   
   
3. Relate the history and evaluation of addiction treatment models.
   
   
4. Describe the diagnostic process and disease progression of diagnostic illness.
   
   
5. Compare the theories of addiction.
   
   
6. Discuss normal brain neurochemistry.
   
   
7. Explain the neurochemistry of addiction and its relationship to genetic expression.
   
   
8. Explain the psychobiology of craving in addictive illness.
   
   
9. Describe future trends in the diagnosis of addictive illnesses.