Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substances<br>Definitions and General Concepts of Pharmacology<br>Pharmacology of Individual Drugs<br>Clinical Epidemiology of Psychoactive Substances<br>Etiology of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders<br>Overview<br>Theories of Etiology<br>Initiation, Progression, and Maintenance of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders<br>Stage Models of Adolescent Substance Use<br>Risk Factors<br>Adult Model of Substance Use<br>Course/Natural History of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders<br>The Disease Model<br>Models of Progression of Substance Use<br>Prevention, Early Intervention, and Harm Reduction<br>General Perspective<br>Types of Prevention<br>Supply Reduction/Legal Interventions<br>Risk and Protective Factors<br>Skills Training<br>Community-Based Prevention<br>School-Based Programs<br>Parenting/Family Interventions<br>Related Risks/Harm Reduction<br>Screening and Assessment of Psychoactive Substance Use<br>Overview of the Assessment Process<br>Alcohol Screening Instruments<br>Drug Screening Instruments<br>Biological Screening Measures<br>Diagnostic Instruments<br>Areas to Assess for Treatment Planning Purposes<br>Diagnosis and Comorbidity<br>Definition and Prevalence<br>Diagnostic Issues of the Dually Impaired<br>Treatment of the Dually Diagnosed<br>Treatment I: Models and Approaches<br>Treatment Settings and Services<br>Major Theoretical Treatment Approaches<br>Additional Psychological Therapies<br>Role of Pharmacotherapy<br>Treatment Effectiveness/Outcome Studies<br>Alternative Treatments<br>Treatment II: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Treatment and the Course of Recovery<br>Phases of Recovery<br>Relapse Parameters<br>Treatment Goals<br>Detoxification<br>Engagement of Patients in Treatment<br>Client-Treatment Matching<br>Treatment of Family Members of Substance Abusers<br>Linkage of Services<br>Treatment of Criminal Offenders<br>Self-Help Groups<br>Issues in Specific Populations<br>Impaired Physicians<br>Ethnic Minorities<br>Women<br>HIV/AIDS<br>The Elderly Population<br>The Homeless Population<br>Legal and Ethical Issues<br>Confidentiality<br>Responsibility to Diagnose and Treat Substance Use Disorders<br>Coerced Treatment<br>Treatment of Pregnant Mothers<br>Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
