Behavioral Addictions

135

Online

15 Hours

State:

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers participating in this intermediate to advanced course will receive 15 Clinical continuing education clock hours.

Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills to appropriately identify, diagnose, and treat behavioral addictions.

Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

Outline the evolution of and concepts forming the basis of behavioral addictions.
Compare and contrast explanatory models of addiction and their applicability to behavioral addictions.
Describe the factors underlying child and adolescent vulnerability to behavioral addictions.
Discuss psychological and pharmacologic treatments that are generally appropriate for behavioral addiction.
Analyze the epidemiology, comorbidity, and risk factors of gambling disorder.
Evaluate the diagnosis and treatment of gambling disorder.
Review the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of addictive sexual behavior.
Describe Internet gaming disorder and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Explain how binge eating disorder is identified and appropriately treated.
Outline the epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of compulsive buying disorder.
Analyze factors related to the diagnosis and treatment of compulsive buying disorder.
Discuss the epidemiology, comorbidities, and pathophysiology of trichotillomania.
List approaches to the treatment of trichotillomania.
Identify patients with kleptomania and create an effective treatment plan for these patients.
Describe behavioral addictions induced by dopamine agonists and other medications and disorders.

About the Author/Presenter
Mark Rose, BS, MA, LP, is a licensed psychologist in the State of Minnesota with a private consulting practice and a medical research analyst with a biomedical communications firm. Earlier healthcare technology assessment work led to medical device and pharmaceutical sector experience in new product development involving cancer ablative devices and pain therapeutics. Along with substantial experience in addiction research, Mr. Rose has contributed to the authorship of numerous papers on CNS, oncology, and other medical disorders. He is the lead author of papers published in peer-reviewed addiction, psychiatry, and pain medicine journals and has written books on prescription opioids and alcoholism published by the Hazelden Foundation. He also serves as an Expert Advisor and Expert Witness to law firms that represent disability claimants or criminal defendants on cases related to chronic pain, psychiatric/substance use disorders, and acute pharmacologic/toxicologic effects. Mr. Rose is on the Board of Director

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Nursing, Physician, Psychology, Social Work

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Behavioral Addictions

135

Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills to appropriately identify, diagnose, and treat behavioral addictions.

Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

Outline the evolution of and concepts forming the basis of behavioral addictions.
Compare and contrast explanatory models of addiction and their applicability to behavioral addictions.
Describe the factors underlying child and adolescent vulnerability to behavioral addictions.
Discuss psychological and pharmacologic treatments that are generally appropriate for behavioral addiction.
Analyze the epidemiology, comorbidity, and risk factors of gambling disorder.
Evaluate the diagnosis and treatment of gambling disorder.
Review the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of addictive sexual behavior.
Describe Internet gaming disorder and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Explain how binge eating disorder is identified and appropriately treated.
Outline the epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of compulsive buying disorder.
Analyze factors related to the diagnosis and treatment of compulsive buying disorder.
Discuss the epidemiology, comorbidities, and pathophysiology of trichotillomania.
List approaches to the treatment of trichotillomania.
Identify patients with kleptomania and create an effective treatment plan for these patients.
Describe behavioral addictions induced by dopamine agonists and other medications and disorders.

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here:?Contact Us