Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids (2 CE)

Course Level: Intermediate

This course is for: Licensed Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors

Course By: Blaine McFadden, LCSW, CMC. I’m a licensed professional with 12 years of experience in healthcare assisting a variety of populations in collaboration with physicians and other patient facing healthcare professionals.

Content By: This course has been developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Surgeon General, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids. Washington, DC: HHS, September 2018.

Course Description: This course is intended to offer practical information and guidance to people with a broad range of backgrounds so that they can reference opioid-related information from Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health in one document. It provides the latest data on prevalence of substance use, opioid misuse, opioid use disorders, opioid overdoses, and related harms. This document sometimes discusses substance use disorders rather than opioid use disorder specifically. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combined with psychosocial therapies and community-based recovery supports is the gold standard for treating opioid addiction. There is strong scientific evidence that this combination of therapeutic interventions is life-saving and can enable people to recover to healthy lives. SAMHSA is joining forces with agencies across HHS and the federal government to increase access to these evidence-based interventions—especially in communities hardest hit by the opioid crisis. The hope is that all readers use this document to determine specific actions they can take to mitigate the opioid crisis.

Learning Objectives:

Cite key research findings on demographics associated with opioid addiction.
Summarize the impact of opioid addiction and the associated risks.
Provide examples of interventions to improve the mitigation of opioid addiction.

Course Completion Requirements: All course materials are included in your AATBS student account. Attendees must read the course material and complete the accompanying test with a score of 75% or higher. Customers may retest if they score below 75%.

Evaluation: The course evaluation is also accessible in your student account. After completing the course, you will need to complete the course evaluation.

How certificate is issued: When all requirements for the course have been successfully completed, customers will be able to access and print a personal CE certificate in their student account.

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Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.

NYSED:

Social Workers: Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0112.

Counselors: Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Counselors as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed counselors #MHC-0165.

Marriage Family Therapists: Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage Family Therapists as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed Marriage Family Therapists #MFT-0077.

Psychologists: The Association for the Advanced Training in the Behavioral Science is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0164.

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Board Approvals	American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), NBCC, Florida Board - Social Work, MFT, Counseling, and Psychology, NYSED - Social Work, MFT and Counseling Only, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders
CE Format	Online, Text-Based

Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids (2 CE)

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