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 on the treatment of addictive illness.

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

1. Discuss how to improve early intervention for addicts in acute care settings.
   
   
2. Describe crisis intervention for the substance abuser.
   
   
3. Identify the typical psychosocial treatment models.
   
   
4. Describe the assessment of abstinence syndrome and monitoring detoxification.
   
   
5. Explain the concept of treatment termination.
   
   
6. Discuss relapse and its prevention in the substance abuser.
   
   
7. Discuss the future implications for prevention and treatment of addictions.