Treating Chronic Mental Illness & Substance Use Disorders: Individual and Group Counseling Strategies (6 hours)
- Credit Hours: 6 Hours
- Author: Dennis Daley
- Price: $78.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the unique treatment challenges of working with clients who have chronic mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Identify the characteristics of clients with dual disorders, including the interactions between chronic psychiatric symptoms and substance use.
- Apply individual counseling strategies that are simple, concrete, and adapted for clients with chronic mental illness and substance use disorders.
- Demonstrate group counseling techniques designed for clients with dual disorders, including strategies for managing psychiatric symptoms during group sessions.
- Develop integrated treatment plans that address both chronic mental illness and substance use disorders simultaneously.
- Explain how to set realistic treatment goals and celebrate small victories with clients who have complex, chronic conditions.
- Describe strategies for maintaining client engagement and preventing dropout among individuals with chronic mental illness and substance use disorders.
- Analyze how chronic mental disorders such as schizophrenia affect the course and treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Outline practical guidelines for adapting counseling interventions to various treatment settings serving clients with dual disorders.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Treating Chronic Mental Illness & Substance Use Disorders Individual and Group Counseling Strategies covers practical counseling strategies for working with clients who have both a chronic mental disorder, such as schizophrenia, and a co-occurring substance use disorder. It is designed for mental health and addiction counselors and other professionals treating this population. The course presents concrete interventions applicable across a range of dual-diagnosis combinations and treatment settings, rather than focusing on any single diagnosis. Instructors Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., a psychiatry professor and addiction medicine specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Ken Montrose, MA, CADC, a certified addictions counselor with extensive experience on a psychiatric schizophrenia unit, developed the material together.
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
Dennis C. Daley
Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry, and Chief of Addiction Medicine Services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He oversees a large continuum of care at Addiction Medicine Services (AMS), which includes over twenty-five treatment, prevention and intervention programs; and training programs for psychiatric residents, medical students and graduate students in behavioral health.
Dr. Daley has been or is currently an investigator, trainer and/or consultant on numerous research studies at WPIC sponsored by the national Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related to treatment of individuals with substance use disorders and mood disorders. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Appalachian Tri-State Node of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, a national project involving numerous academic research centers and community treatment providers. His research interests are in the areas of addiction, mood disorders and addiction, and adherence to treatment.
Dr. Daley previously served as Co-Director of the Education Core for the VISN 4 Veteran Administration’s Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center project, a joint project between the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh VA Medical Centers. He has consulted with numerous treatment programs in the U.S. and Europe, and presented over 400 workshops and lectures in over 30 States, Canada and Europe. He has been a consultant to many organizations, developing services for clients with co-occurring disorders.
Dr. Daley developed several dual disorder treatment programs, and has been involved in providing services to patients and families, program development and management for over 25 years. He has over 250 publications including books, recovery guides, journal articles and educational films on dual disorders, recovery, relapse prevention, and family issues. He has authored or co-authored several books on treatment of addiction and co-occurring disorders including: (1) Improving Treatment Compliance: Counseling and Systems Strategies for Substance Use and Dual Disorders; (2) Dual Disorders: Counseling Clients with Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness, 3rd ed; (3) Dual Disorders Recovery Counseling, 2nd ed; (4) Male Depression, Alco9holism and Violence. He has also written a series of recovery guides for clients and family on co-occurring disorders including: (1) Addiction and Mood Disorders; (2) Preventing Relapse; (3) Understanding Suicide and Addiction; (4) Understanding Major Anxiety Disorders & Addiction; (5) Understanding Bipolar Disorders & Addiction; (6) Understanding Depression and Addiction; (7) Understanding Personality Problems & Addiction; (8) Understanding Schizophrenia & Addiction; (9) A Family Guide to Dual Disorders and (1) Recovery from Co-Occurring Disorders. Dr. Daley has also authored recovery materials on grief, managing emotions, and addiction, including materials for children and adolescents. He was the first in the country to develop interactive workbooks for clients with co-occurring disorders, and one of the first to develop workshops for clients with addictive disorders. His manuals for clinicians integrate clinical and research literature and his extensive experience treating clients and their families. Dr. Daley’s recovery materials for clients and families are viewed as informative, user friendly and very helpful in the recovery process.
Dr. Daley has been or is currently an investigator, trainer and/or consultant on numerous research studies at WPIC sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related to treatment of individuals with substance use disorders and mood disorders. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Appalachian Tri-State Node of the national Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, a national project involving numerous academic research centers and community treatment providers. His research interests are in the areas of addiction, mood disorders and addiction, and adherence to treatment. For additional information visit www.drdenniscdaley.com.
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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)
