Supporting Families Impacted by Mental Health Problems, Substance Abuse, and Trauma
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Beth Maschinot, Ph.D., Julie Cohen, M.S.W
5 Hours
Besides the difficult task of raising children—often while working full-time, many caregivers deal with added stressors such as mental health problems, substance abuse, and a history of trauma. The aim of this course is to build a responsive community: a community that has as its goal to respond as sensitively to the needs of a....
Trauma-Specific Services
Kathleen Guarino, LMHC
1 Hours
This course covers various treatment approaches designed specifically to treat trauma-related symptoms, trauma-related disorders, and specific disorders of traumatic stress. To do this, trauma-specific treatment models, providing a brief overview of interventions that can be delivered immediately after a trauma, as well as trau....
Substance Abuse Treatment for Women
Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.S.W., et al.
4 Hours
This CE course provides gender-specific factors that significantly influence treatment retention of women, and includes women’s treatment issues and needs, parenting issues and treatment needs, and co-occurring disorders that are most prevalent among women and are likely to require attention during the course of treatment. Sign....
Second Chance Act Grantees - Strategies and Successes
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CEU course investigates the positive impact reentry initiatives can have by focusing on areas vital to reintegration back into the community, including employment, education, mentoring, and substance abuse and mental health treatment. Also discussed are programs that address the needs of a particular population, such as yo....
Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This course explores research, intervention strategies, and resources to assist professionals in preserving connections among siblings by discussing: the sibling relationship; legal frameworks for protecting sibling connections; sibling relationships in abusive or neglectful families; benefits of and barriers to placing siblings....
Telemental Health and Telehealth in Rural Areas and Urban Hospitals
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This CEU course describes the organizational settings, services provided, and staff mix of telemental and telehealth programs by examining: the profile and organizational context of rural telemental health programs; telemental health’s role in the current rural health system; telemental health and health care reform; and the ext....
Suicide Prevention Protocols for Juvenile Justice Youth
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
1 Hours
Youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system, especially those in residential facilities, have higher rates of suicide than their non-system-involved peers. This short CEU course provides guidance on developing and implementing comprehensive suicide prevention policies within juvenile correction facilities.
Taking Blood Pressure Correctly
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
This home study will review how to accurately measure blood pressure in all clients.
Suicide Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2 Hours
Suicide is a significant public health problem in the United States, with the rates of suicide within some populations being particularly high. This CEU course provides information about suicide clusters and responses in tribal communities; strength-based approaches to prevention, response, and recovery; existing and needed res....
Somatic Experiencing: Using Interoception and Proprioception as Core Elements of Trauma Therapy
Mardi Crane-Godreau, Ph.D., et al.
2 Hours
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a novel form of therapy that focuses on resolving the symptoms of chronic stress and post-traumatic stress. This advanced CE course demonstrates how the methods of SE help restore functionality to the core response network and provides a possible neurophysiological rationale for the mechanisms invol....
Screening and Assessment for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Steven Batki, M.D., et al.
4 Hours
This CE course describes screening and assessment procedures and important considerations that might be made during and shortly after admission to an OTP, as well as assessment techniques and considerations that are important to ongoing medication assisted treatment (MAT).
Suicide Prevention Training for the Clinical Workforce
Franklin Cook, MA, CPC, et al.
1 Hours
Having a competent and confident clinical workforce is critical to reducing the rate of suicide. This CE course provides guidelines for a template to construct a solid training program in suicide prevention, including risk assessment, intervention, monitoring, and follow-up, for those disciplines in the clinical workforce.
Safeguarding and child protection
Catherine Powell, Safeguarding and Child Protection Consultant
This course covers safeguarding and child protection
Chronic Pain in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Community
Maree Amato,Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) and Co-ordinator of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Chronic Pain Service
Join Maree Amato as she presents a rare glimpse into the work she does with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within her Local Health District. An often under-represented area in clinical practice, Maree provides education and resources about pain, chronic pain and the direct link to lifestyle choices and ex....
Staging Prostate Cancer
Uday Patel
0.75 Hours
Prostate cancer is now the most common non-cutaneous tumour diagnosed in men in the UK. This session discusses the staging and management of prostate cancer. The session has been updated to include multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) reporting system for pre-....
Surface Anatomy of the Neck and Clavicular Region
David Ashton-Cleary
0.5 Hours
This session is designed to help you gain a better understanding of surface anatomy relevant to everyday anaesthetic procedures such as central venous access and brachial plexus blockade.
The Physiology of Pregnancy
Charlotte Frise
0.5 Hours
This session is to introduce the learner to the significant physiological changes that occur in pregnancy, working though each system. The clinical relevance of these changes is described and will be built on further in later sessions.
Sex & Health Risk Behaviour in Long-term Conditions and Disability
Janet McDonagh and Anita Morgan
0.5 Hours
This session addresses the impact of having a long-term condition and disability on sexuality and health risk behaviours during adolescence.
Tinnitus in Primary Care
Ewa Raglan
0.5 Hours
This session will describe patient self-management of tinnitus and what you can do to help patients with tinnitus. It will also show how to triage those patients who need to be referred to the first and second levels of care.
The Principles of Screening
Chantal Simon
0.5 Hours
Screening, the ability to diagnose and treat conditions when they are still treatable, is an attractive concept. This session reviews the pros and cons of screening, criteria for initiating a screening programme, and current UK programmes.
The Ageing Population
Lucie Griffith
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the aspects of elderly population demographics and the effect of ageing of the population.
Worklessness and Unemployment
Debbie Cohen
0.5 Hours
This session highlights the health benefits of work, the adverse effect on health of worklessness, and the practical support that exists to help job-seeking patients who have health problems.
Urinary Incontinence in Women
Mike Cust
0.5 Hours
Urinary incontinence is a very common problem for women, often presenting to a primary care professional. This session takes you through the diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence, thus enabling you to help your patients.
Shoulder Pain
Ade Adebajo
0.5 Hours
This session describes shoulder problems commonly encountered in general practice, their diagnosis and management. It also describes how to assess the shoulder joint and how to identify the origin and cause of the shoulder symptoms. This session was reviewed by Sally Higginbottom and last updated in February 2015.
The Returning Traveller
Nick Jones
0.5 Hours
This session is the third in a series of sessions about travel advice for patients and provides a broad overview of the issues GPs must consider when advising and assessing patients who are returning travellers.