The aims of the course:
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• You will know about different mood altering substances and their effects.
• You will be familiar with the major CBT techniques for substance misuse and how to apply
them with your own patients.
• You will know how this corresponds with current NICE guidelines (the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence)
The course covers:
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• Why substance misuse is important: the prevalence of substance misuse, the effect it
has on people, the criminal activity it causes.
• Harm reduction/minimization: the concept, the dangers associated with drug use, the
effects of injecting, infections that can be acquired, and harm reduction interventions.
• Case conceptualisation: an exercise involving a case conceptualisation of a moderately
complex client.
• Motivational enhancement: clinical methods. Methods based on the work of Miller
and Rollnick and also DiClemente et al, and the interlinking between the two. The use
of motivational enhancement strategies in clinical practice. Self motivational statements, generating them and using them to the client's advantage. The different types of SMS
and how they link with the stages of change. Responding to SMS's.
• Hazards in the treatment of substance misuse.
• How to give information and advice in a way that proves useful rather than disempowering.
Decisional balance and how to use it rightly (and wrongly).
• Action planning and homework setting.
• The role of support and encouragement.
• Behavioral couples therapy, the work of O'Farrell and Fals-Stewart. The four objectives of BCT; who is suitable for BCT; the characteristics of successful BCT therapists, how to engage patient and spouse in BCT. The recovery contract: the daily trust discussion, the calendar, the different sessions. Other support for abstinence, improving the relationship between the couple, increasing positive activities, communication skills.
• Maintenance and relapse prevention.
• How to use the information back at work.
Cost:
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£130 plus VAT
Location: United Kingdom | Change
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