Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders-Treatment Approached and Strategie

Course overview

This course examines approaches to treatment and practical application of treatment strategies in stimulant use disorder. It includes: how to measure effectiveness, documented psychosocial treatment approaches, treatment approaches with supported research, case management and coordinated care, other interventions with supported research, other models of psychosocial treatment, clinical issues to consider, people with stimulant disorders seeking treatment, treatment needs of people with cocaine use versus methamphetamine use versus prescription stimulant misuse, maximizing treatment engagement, assessment procedures to enhance treatment engagement, staff skills to enhance treatment engagement, treatment, strategies for engagement, strategies to treatment initiation, strategies for stabilization, strategies for maintenance, other strategies useful in maintaining abstinence, and next steps.