- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: John Tinsley
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Explain why there are currently no FDA-approved medications for managing stimulant use disorders and describe the implications for treatment planning.
• Compare evidence-based psychosocial treatments for stimulant use disorders, including contingency management, CBT, community reinforcement, and motivational interviewing.
• Describe additional psychosocial treatment approaches with emerging support, including the Matrix model, behavioral family therapy, and case management.
• Identify strategies for improving treatment retention among clients with stimulant use disorders.
• Explain how physical exercise, mindfulness, and other complementary approaches may support recovery from stimulant use disorders.
• Outline recovery maintenance services, including vocational counseling, social skills training, relationship counseling, and mutual-help programs.
Package Contents
Course Update
About the Instructor
John Tinsley
Dr. John H. Tinsley is a former assistant professor of Medical Physiology at the Texas A&M University System College of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; M.S. from the University of North Carolina; and his B.S. from the University of Oklahoma.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Medical Physiology and Behavioral Biology for over twenty-nine years. Dr. Tinsley has authored over twenty-five professional and refereed articles, including invited reviews. He has been a member of the American Society for Physiology, and work done in 2001 led to an international award from The European Society on Microcirculation. Dr. Tinsley has received research funding from the Veteran’s Administration, American Heart Association, and Scott and White Hospital. In addition, he has served on numerous review committees for national grant-funding agencies and scientific journals.
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)
