Managing Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Clients During Early Recovery (6 hours)
- Credit Hours: 6 Hours
- Author: Robert Shearer
- Price: $78.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the nature and types of depressive symptoms commonly experienced by clients in early recovery from substance use disorders.
- Explain the relationship between depressive symptoms and the toxic or withdrawal effects of specific substances.
- Distinguish between substance-induced depressive symptoms and independent depressive disorders in clients with substance use disorders.
- Apply standardized screening and assessment tools to evaluate depressive symptoms in substance abuse treatment clients.
- Analyze how substance use affects recovery from depression and how depressive symptoms affect recovery from substance use disorders.
- Develop treatment plans that address both depressive symptoms and substance use disorders in an integrated approach.
- Identify when depressive symptoms require referral for psychiatric evaluation or medication management.
- Describe evidence-based counseling strategies for managing depressive symptoms during the early stages of substance abuse recovery.
- Explain the importance of monitoring depressive symptoms throughout the course of substance abuse treatment to prevent relapse.
Package Contents
Course Update
Course Description: Managing Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Clients During Early Recovery covers the relationship between depressive symptoms and substance use disorders, including how substances affect mood during early recovery, how depression influences treatment participation, and how to identify suicidality in this population. It is designed for substance abuse counselors and other behavioral health professionals with clinical experience who work with clients showing depressive symptoms. The course addresses screening, assessment, treatment planning, psychosocial interventions, integrated care approaches, and continuing care, with attention to cultural considerations and the specific treatment settings counselors work in. It was developed by Robert Shearer, PhD, a retired professor and researcher with over 36 years of experience in addictions, criminal justice, and human behavior.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
Robert A. Shearer
Dr. Robert A. Shearer is a retired professor of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychology from Texas A & M University, Commerce. Prior to teaching Criminal Justice, he taught Educational Psychology at Mississippi State University on campus and in the extension program across rural Mississippi during the civil rights era.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Criminal Justice, human behavior, and addictions for over thirty-six years. He is the author of over sixty professional and refereed articles in Criminal Justice and behavior. He is also the author of Interviewing: Theories, techniques, and practices, 5th edition published by Prentice Hall. Dr. Shearer has also created over a dozen measurement, research, and assessment instruments in Criminal Justice and addictions.
He has been a psychotherapist in private practice and served as a consultant to dozens of local, state, and national agencies. His interests continue to be substance abuse program assessment and evaluation. He has taught courses in interviewing, human behavior, substance abuse counseling, drugs-crime-social policy, assessment and treatment planning, and educational psychology. He has also taught several university level psychology courses in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, led group therapy in prison, trained group therapists, and served as an expert witness in various courts of law.
He has been the president of the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling and the editor of the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling as well as a member of many Criminal Justice, criminology, and counseling professional organizations prior to retirement.
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
