Interventions and Therapies for Substance Abuse Executive Summary

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1.00 - CE credit hours training

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Interventions and Therapies for Substance Abuse Executive Summary

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Interventions and Therapies for Substance Abuse Executive Summary

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6 Questions

1. Brief interventions and therapies are often chosen by clinicians, clinical researchers, and policymakers as tools to fill the gap between primary prevention efforts and more intensive treatments for people with certain problems because they are:

a. Less costly and proven effective in substance abuse treatments b. More costly and proven effective in child psychiatric counseling sessions c. Less costly and proven effective in adult psychiatric counseling sessions d. Less costly and proven effective in child psychiatric counseling sessions

2. Goals of Brief interventions and therapies are:

a. To reduce the risk of harm that could result from continued use of substances b. To focus on immediate goals and allow more room for immediate success in the intervention and treatment process c. To focus on a single behavioral objective such as accepting responsibility for one's own success. d. All of the above

3. Two of the six elements critical for effective brief interventions are:

a. Feedback, responsibility b. Feedback, pity c. Pity, advice d. Pity, Menu

4. A brief intervention consists of five basic steps that incorporate FRAMES and remain consistent regardless of number of sessions and length of interventions. Three of these frames include:

a. Confronting the patient in the beginning, introduction, giving feedback b. Introduction of issues, screening with evaluating and assessing, giving feedback c. Confronting the patient in the beginning, giving feedback, summary d. Introduction of issues, giving feedback, confronting the patient at the end.

5. Brief therapies usually feature more and longer sessions than brief interventions the duration of brief therapies is reported to be anywhere from

a. 1 to 16 sessions, with the typical therapy lasting between 1-15 sessions. b. 1 to 20 sessions, with the typical therapy lasting between 2-10 sessions. c. 1 to 40 sessions, with the typical therapy lasting between 6 - 20 sessions. d. 1 to 60 sessions, with the typical therapy lasting between 8 - 40 sessions.

6. Reasons to use brief therapy include will depend on

a. Dual diagnosis issues b. The client's belief in the value of brief therapy c. The clarity of the client's short and long term goals d. All of the above

Course Description

Brief interventions and brief therapies have become increasingly important modalities in the treatment of individuals across the substance abuse continuum. The content of the interventions and therapies will vary depending on the substance used, the severity of problem being addressed, and the desired outcome. Because brief interventions and therapies are less costly yet have proven effective in substance abuse treatment, clinicians, clinical researchers, and policymakers have increasingly focused on them as tools to fill the gap between primary prevention efforts and more intensive treatment for persons with serious substance abuse disorders. However, studies have shown that brief interventions are effective for a range of problems, and the Consensus Panel believes that their selective use can greatly improve substance abuse treatment by making them available to a greater number of people and by tailoring the level of treatment to the level of client need.

Learning Objectives

Utilize counseling skills such as active listening and helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence
Discuss the basic elements of Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Have a working knowledge of the stages-of-change through which a client moves when thinking about, beginning, and trying to maintain new behavior

Source

Kristen Lawton Barry, Ph.D.
University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry
Published by Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and SAMHSA

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