Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders:  Considerations for Special Populations (4 credit hours)

Program Summary:   This course explores the unique needs of special populations experiencing stimulant use disorders.  The course examines treatment and care considerations for the following groups:  racial/ethnic minorities, women, men who have sex with men, the transgender and gender nonbinary community, adolescents, people experiencing homelessness, rural populations, people involved with the criminal justice system, people with or at risk for HIV/AIDs, and more.  Strategies are given for improving engagement, rapport, and treatment outcomes.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Course Reading:  Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders; Chapter 6

Publisher:  SAMHSA

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring treatment considerations for special populations experiencing stimulant disorders.

Learning Objectives:  Describe the unique needs of special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder.  Describe SUD care access issues for special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder.  Describe treatment considerations for special populations experiencing stimulant use disorder.

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Course Available Until: October 31, 2026.

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1: Chapter 6: Which of the following care considerations is more specific to Black/ African American populations?
 
 
 
 
2: Which of the following care considerations is more specific to Hispanic/Latino populations?
 
 
 
 
3: Which of the following care considerations is more specific to Asian populations?
 
 
 
 
4: Which of the following care considerations is more specific to American Indian and Alaska Native populations?
 
 
 
 
5: Which are better accepted in AI/AN communities?
 
 
6: Compared to men, women
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7: Women who had been arrested in the last year were ___________ likely to receive treatment for their SUD as were women who had not.
 
 
8: Which of the following is an example of a social determinant of health?
 
 
 
 
9: This group may misuse prescription stimulants to increase sexual desire.
 
 
 
 
10: This group may use stimulants to cope with stigma and mistreatment.
 
 
 
 
11: This group may use stimulants to try to improve cognitive and academic performance.
 
 
 
 
12: This group may use stimulants to protect themselves and survive.
 
 
 
 
13: MA has the highest availability in the ______________ United States.
 
 
 
 
14: African Americans are imprisoned at a rate _________ that of Whites.
 
 
 
 
15: Stimulant-related offenses account for _________ of all federal drug crimes.
 
 
 
 
16: Which FDA-approved medication for OUD may be offered by any prescriber?
 
 
 
17: Patients taking buprenorphine or methadone for OUD who continue to use stimulants should
 
 
18: Research on syringe access programs show that they lead to more injection drug use.
 
 
19: Which of the following describes the U=U slogan?
 
 
 
 
20: Hepatitis is an inflammation of the
 
 
 
 
21: Although no vaccine exists for __________, effective and well-tolerated medications that can cure HCV are now available.
 
 
 
22: A patient with CODs has a combination of ________ or more SUDs and mental disorders as defined in DSM-5.
 
 
 
 
23: Having CODs means
 
 
 
 
24: Co-occurring persistent depressive disorder and episodes of major depressive disorder, known as _____________, have been shown to occur in 14 percent of patients who seek treatment for SUDs.
 
 
 
 
25: Clinicians need to obtain specialized training to work with individuals who have co-occurring SUD and PTSD.
 
 
26: Generally, adults with ADHD
 
 

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Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 4 cultural competence continuing education credits.

Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: October 31, 2026.
Filed under: Cultural Competence