Purpose

This course presents a model that integrates over forty years of scientific research on addiction into a practical and easy to understand model that can improve assessment, recovery education, and treatment planning.

Our text-based Home Study courses provide you the opportunity of take courses at your own pace - and provide Continuing Education credit hours (CEs).

Instructions

You will need to read the course text slides thoroughly, complete the course test, and provide feedback in the course evaluation to earn the CEs. 

Your certificate will sent to your registration email immediately after course completion and will also available for download.


Registration 

If you are a new user your information will be collected at checkout for your account. You will receive a welcome email with the easy steps to get going on your course.  Returning users can log in to their account and select the course.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Describe a system that classifies alcohol and other drugs, into four basic drug categories, which is based on the subjective mood-altering drugs effect.

  • Explain the biopsychosocial risk factors for substance abuse and addiction.

  • Explain the difference between the normal brain response and the addictive brain response to a drug.

  • Explain the biopsychosocial symptoms, of both substance abuse and addiction, which can be used to objectively evaluate the alcohol and drug use patterns of the client to confirm or rule out substance abuse or addiction.

Course Description

Substance abuse and addiction result from a complex interaction involving the mind-altering substance used and the individualized biopsychosocial response of the user. This CENAPS Home Study Course presents a model that integrates over forty years of scientific research on addiction into a practical and easy to understand model that can improve assessment, recovery education, and treatment planning.

The biopsychosocial model establishes addiction as a brain disease that causes personality problems and social dysfunction. The Biopsychosocial Model allows us to make a clear and accurate distinction between substance use, abuse, and addiction. It also allows the progressive symptoms of addiction to be readily identified and organized into progressive stages. This information is presented in clear and easy to understand language that avoids technical jargon. As a result, it is ideal for use in recovery education with addicted people and their families.

Upon completing this Home Study Course, participants will have a solid understanding of risk factors, the biopsychosocial symptoms of both substance abuse and addiction, and will be able to describe the progressive stages of addiction and the biopsychosocial symptoms in each stage.

Course curriculum

  1. Overview

  2. Introduction

  3. Part 1: Mind-altering Drugs

  4. Part 2: Addictive Risk Factors

  5. Part 3: Alcohol & Other Drug Problems

  6. Terry’s Final Word

About this course

  • $53.00
  • 3 CE Credit Hours
  • No additional materials needed.

Senior Instructor Roland Williams

Roland Williams, MA, MAC, LAADC, ACRPS, NCACII, CADCII, SAP Gorski-CENAPS President/CEO and Director of Training Roland began with CENAPS in 1990 and is an internationally certified Addictions Counselor. He was personally mentored by Terry Gorski to teach RPT. He has worked world-wide as a counselor, interventionist, lecturer, trainer, teacher, author and consultant specializing in addiction related issues working in substance abuse treatment since 1986. As a consultant he has assisted many treatment centers to develop world class addiction treatment protocols as well as to create clinical treatment models.