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Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic-Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use- Progress and Future Directions

About the Course:

This is an advanced course that examines the neurobiology of addiction, how the currents research fails to recognize this, and how prescribed use leads to opioid misuse. It covers alternatives to prescribing opioid. It includes: basic brain research, the neurobiology of the reward pathway and the intersection of pain and opioid use disorder, preclinical and translational research, clinical research, intersection of pain and opioid use disorder, support for research and summary and recommendation.

This course is based on the article, Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic-Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use- Progress and Future Directions created by the Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse in 2017.

Publication Date:

2017

Course Material Author

Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse

Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

  1. Illustrate the neurobiological processes of the reward pathway.

  2. Observe the methodology of current pain studies and their lack of practical application.

  3. Outline the risk factors for both misuse and overdose.

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American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)

3 CE Credit hours

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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

3 CE Credit hours

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, service provider of CE-Credit.com, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #107243, CE Learning Systems is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

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National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

3 CPD hours

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National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

3 CE Credit hours

CE Learning Systems, service provider of CE-Credit.com has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Course Material

This course covers Chapter 3 of the PDF document and begins on page 119 if you choose the PDF version of the material.

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Course Number 102835
3 credit hours
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  • Reading-Based Online
Exam Fee: $17.91 No exam fee with a membership package!
4.38 out of 5
149 members have taken this course

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