Integrating Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions

Course Description: This course reviews the prevalence of co-occurring alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mental health conditions (MHCs), screening tools to identify individuals with symptoms of AUD and MHCs, and subsequent assessment of co-occurring disorders. Types of integrated treatment and current challenges to integrate treatment for co-occurring disorders effectively are reviewed. Innovative uses of technology to improve education on co-occurring disorders and treatment delivery are also discussed. Systemic challenges exist to providing integrated treatment in all treatment settings, and continued research is needed to determine ways to improve access to treatment.

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize the prevalence of co-occurring AUD and MHCs, screening tools to identify individuals with symptoms of AUD and MHCs, and subsequent assessment of co-occurring disorders
• Delineate types of integrated treatment and current challenges to integrate treatment for co-occurring disorders effectively
• Analyze innovative uses of technology to improve education on co-occurring disorders and treatment delivery

Course Components:

• Online text (included)
• Multiple choice online exam (included)
• Electronic certificate of completion (free)

Course Credit(s): 1 CE Credit or Hour

Course Format: Online Text (format of this course is noninteractive)

Course Schedule: Self-paced

Course Author(s): Amy M. Yule, MD, and John F. Kelly, PhD

Content Publisher(s): National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Course Author(s) Qualifications:

Amy M. Yule, MD, is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

John F. Kelly, PhD, is a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Course Level: Beginning/Introductory, Intermediate

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Social workers participating in this course will receive 1 clinical continuing education clock hour.