Courses for North Carolina CPS

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These courses are applicable for the Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) credential with North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board.

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Addiction As a Choice?

2 CE Hours

Reading Online

Normative thinking about addiction has traditionally been divided between, on the one hand, a medical model which sees addiction as...

$18

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Ending Discrimination Against People With Mental and Substance Use Disorders-Science of Communication and Ways to Reduce/Address Stigma

4 CE Hours

Reading Online

To change health-related public norms and behaviors, public health organizations often partner with communication scientists. Health-related behavior is influenced by...

$36

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Prescription Drug Abuse

1 CE Hour

Reading Online

Misuse of prescription opioids, CNS depressants, and stimulants is a serious public health problem in the United States. Although most...

Prescription Drugs

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Prevention of Youth Marijuana Use

1 CE Hour

Recorded Webinar

The legalization of marijuana in some areas has led to a shift in the perception of its harmfulness. In this...

Distinct Populations

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

The Neuroscience of Addiction - With Marc Lewis

1 CE Hour

Recorded Webinar

This webinar discusses how the brain disease model came into being and proposes an alternate theory of addiction. In this...

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults

3.5 CE Hours

Reading Online

Unhealthy alcohol use is common and increasing in adults and is the most common cause of premature mortality in the...

Distinct Populations

$31.50

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Drug, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction

1 CE Hour

Reading Online

Groundbreaking discoveries about the brain have revolutionized our understanding of compulsive drug use, enabling us to respond effectively to the...

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Ending Discrimination Against People With Mental and Substance Use Disorders-Summary-Understanding Stigma

3 CE Hours

Reading Online

Improving the lives of people with mental and substance use disorders has been a priority in the United States for...

$27

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 7 - Vision for the Future

1 CE Hour

Reading Online

The problems caused by substance misuse are not limited to substance use disorders, but include many other possible health and...

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 6 - Health Care Systems and Substance Use Disorders

4 CE Hours

Reading Online

This chapter describes the key components of health care systems; historical reasons substance use and its consequences have been addressed...

$36

Free with membership!

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Critique of the Brain Disease Model of Addiction.

1.5 CE Hours

Reading Online

The Office of the Surgeon General recently produced its first Report on the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse on...

$13.50

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 4 - Early Intervention, Treatment, and Management and Chapter 5 - Recovery

2 CE Hours

Reading Online

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use,...

$18

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 3 - Prevention Programs and Policies

2 CE Hours

Reading Online

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use,...

$18

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 2 - The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction

1.5 CE Hours

Reading Online

This chapter describes the neurobiological framework underlying substance abuse and why clients transition from using or misusing to a substance...

$13.50

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview of the Report

The Surgeon’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health

2 CE Hours

Reading Online

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use,...

$18

Free with membership!

Self-Paced

The Opioid Epidemic: Crisis and Solutions

1 CE Hour

Reading Online

This course provides a broad review of the opioid epidemic by outlining the scope and origins of the epidemic and...

Free with membership!

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