The Opioid Crisis in the United States

The Opioid Crisis in the United States
(4 CEUs)

Instructor: Coreena D. Hendrickson, LCSW

This course is based on the PBS Frontline two-hour documentary “Chasing Heroin,” which explores the opioid crisis in the United States.

Format: Mixed-media 1 — Read online content that incorporates case vignettes, reader exercises, and web-based video clips.

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Course Agenda

1. Instructions
1. Pretest Instructions
2. Pretest
1. Course Overview
1. Print Posttest Study Guide
2. Opiates and Opioids Defined
3. The Opioid Epidemic by the Numbers
4. Trends in Opioid Prescriptions
5. Opioid Overdose Deaths During COVID-19
1. Factors Associated with Vulnerability to Addiction
2. The Aggressive Marketing of OxyContin
3. Treatment of Chronic Pain with Prescribed Opioids
4. The Brain’s Response to Opioids
5. Optional Video: Neurobiology of Addiction
6. The Stigma Associated with Drug Addiction
1. Individuals with Co-occurring Disorders
2. Pregnant Women
3. Required Video: Opioid Epidemic Impacting Children and Adolescents (2:11 minutes)
4. Required Video: Overdoses & Older Adults | Aging Matters (2:18 minutes)
5. Individuals Recently Discharged from Controlled Environments
1. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
2. Types of Treatment Settings
3. The Medical Model vs. the Harm Reduction Approach
1. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
1. Drug Court Programs
1. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
2. Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
3. Contingency Management (CM)
1. Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Opioid Overdose
2. Naloxone: The Antidote to Opioid Overdose
3. The Importance of Training for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs)
4. The Importance of Increasing Public Education and Awareness
1. Redefining Recovery
1. Reader Exercise Instructions
2. Reader Exercise
1. Optional Resources
1. View PBS Frontline Documentary “Chasing Heroin” (1 hour 54 minutes)
1. Posttest
1. Evaluation

About this course

$36.00
39 lessons

Course Details

Course Description

This course is based on the PBS Frontline two-hour documentary “Chasing Heroin,” which explores the opioid crisis in the United States. The online content explores key factors that led to the current opioid crisis, the prevalence of deaths related to opiate overdose, and risk factors for developing an opioid addiction. The documentary examines the history of the US opioid crisis and the ways the country is responding to the current crisis, as well as exploring some of the current approaches to prevention and treatment. The course explores the prevalence of opioid-related deaths and identifies multiple factors impacting opioid addiction that pertain to behavioral health practitioners, including recent challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To complete the course, participants read online content prior to viewing the documentary.

Target Audience

This course is designed as continuing education for licensed behavioral health practitioners, as well as professional development for social workers and for social work students nationwide. This course can also be used toward the mandated pre-license requirement for 15 hours of alcohol and substance abuse training to obtain a California LCSW or LMFT license.

Learning Objectives

After completing the course, readers will be able to do the following:

Identify factors that led to the current opioid crisis in the US.
Identify the prevalence of deaths related to opiate overdose in the US.
Identify risk factors for developing an opioid addiction.
Identify best practices in assessment and treatment of opioid addiction, including redefining the term “recovery.”

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