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This domestic violence continuing education course focuses on the prevention of intimate partner violence. Specific and noteworthy programs will be highlighted throughout this document in order to inform mental health professionals about the array of available approaches to prevention.

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This course will provide an introduction to domestic violence, including prevalence and impact, laws, and the cycle of violence.

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Individuals who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) often do not seek help from professionals until the violence has become so severe that there is a concern for survival of self or children. Practitioners who operate from trauma-informed knowledge and skills are most effective in approaching treatment of all family members exposed to violence. This course examines specific clinical skills that can be used to implement interventions for survivors, perpetrators, and children at different levels of practice, including practice with individuals and families.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide phenomenon with negative effects across multiple life domains. This course addresses gaps in clinician knowledge about trauma reactions, help-seeking dynamics, safety planning, and trauma-informed interventions for survivors of abuse. Content covers intervention strategies for victims, perpetrators and their children, with emphasis on cultural considerations in treatment planning.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread phenomenon that affects individuals across gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, ability, gender identity, and geographic location. This course explores the sociocultural aspects of IPV in selected populations and is a resource for practitioners who work with survivors from diverse populations. The purpose is to provide social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors with necessary information to improve services for clients and patients with IPV-related issues that occur in the context of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and affiliation with minority populations.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread phenomenon that affects individuals across gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, ability, gender identity, and geographic location. This course explores the sociocultural aspects of IPV in selected populations and is a resource for practitioners who work with survivors from diverse populations.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide phenomenon with negative effects across multiple life domains leading to varied individual and interpersonal problems. The course covers types of IPV, indicators, prevention strategies, screening, assessment, help-seeking dynamics, trauma-informed treatment, perpetrator treatment, legal and mandatory reporting issues, and cultural considerations for survivors of diverse groups including LGBTQ individuals, adolescents, elders, persons with disabilities, and other special populations.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide phenomenon with negative effects across multiple life domains. The course covers types, indicators, prevention strategies, screening, assessment, help-seeking dynamics, trauma-informed treatment, perpetrator factors, legal issues, and cultural considerations for treating IPV survivors and families.

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This course provides practical and up-to-date advice on current approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of insomnia. Participants will learn to correctly identify and diagnose insomnia and gain hands-on information on how to carry out treatment with the best evidence base: cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).

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Clinicians need to be informed about how to identify and diagnose an inhalant use disorder according the DSM-5 criteria. To diagnose accurately, clinicians need to able to know of the physical and psychological effects of an inhalant use disorder and the available treatment for individuals with an acute solvent intoxication and an inhalant use disorder.

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Peer support services enhance traditional substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and services by connecting people who are experiencing problematic substance use to others who have lived experience with problematic substance use and recovery. This two-part course series examines the key aspects and functions of peer support services and educates providers about peer support workers' services and skills.

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This course introduces key concepts related to peer support services in substance use disorder treatment, distinguishes the role of peer workers on a care team, describes core functions of peer workers, and explains challenges of being a peer worker.

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Mental health care providers must be familiar with existing interventions that are designed to address bias. Implicit bias refers to prejudicial attitudes toward and stereotypical beliefs about a particular social group or members therein. This intermediate-level learning material describes implicit bias and outlines existing research into its pervasiveness, nature, and history. It also describes the effects of implicit bias, how to screen for it, and ways to mitigate its influence on care.

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Human trafficking is a worldwide, prevalent phenomenon. There are varied forms of human trafficking with which clinicians should be familiar and different signs that they can identify when they encounter individuals they suspect are human trafficking victims. This learning material is designed for those practitioners who are interested in recognizing types of trafficking, knowing what international, federal, and state laws apply to victims and traffickers, learning about services available to victims, and implementing screening and counseling techniques with survivors.

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Comprehensive continuing education on HIV/AIDS for human services and mental healthcare clinicians, covering transmission, screening, prevention strategies, testing recommendations, clinical stages of HIV infection, treatment planning, and social and cultural issues. The course emphasizes the importance of pre- and post-diagnosis counseling, behavioral risk assessment, and reducing stigma among social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors.

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Comprehensive education on HIV and AIDS for mental health and human services professionals, covering transmission, screening, prevention strategies, testing recommendations, clinical stages, treatment, and social/cultural issues. Addresses behavioral risk assessment, pre- and post-test counseling, and care for special populations including pregnant women and children.

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In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in heroin use among both men and women, in virtually all age groups and at all socioeconomic levels. Some of the biggest increases have occurred in demographic groups which have historically shown a low level of heroin use, such as women, the privately insured, and those with high incomes. Studies show that heroin use has changed from an inner-city, minority and low income problem to one distributed primarily outside of large urban areas, reaching an epidemic level.

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This course describes the key components of health care systems; historical reasons substance use and its consequences have been addressed separately from other health problems; the key role that health care systems can play in providing prevention, treatment, and recovery support services (RSS) for substance use disorders; and the recent developments that are leading to improved integration of substance use-related care with the rest of medicine.

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This evidence based practice course on headache provides practical and evidence-based practice guidance on headache. It includes information on the diagnosis, identification, conceptualization, and treatment of headaches.

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This course provides education in the identification and treatment of gambling and gambling disorders, preparing social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors to identify signs and symptoms of gambling disorders and ethical standards that apply in clinical practice.

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This course provides an overview of frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, and related movement disorders, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and caregiving.