Identifying, Screening for, and Assessing Substance Misuse in Older Adults (3 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course explores ways to identify, screen, and assess older clients for substance misuse. The course provides an overview of screening tools for substance misuse and co-occurring mental disorders. A description of brief and full assessments is given, along with a discussion of age appropriate care for older adults. Challenges to screening and assessing older clients for substance misuse are explored. The reading includes Chapter 3 of SAMHSA’s TIP 26 Treating Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and it is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.