FIT Screening and Assessment

Course Code: REL-HHS-FIT-SCRN

Hours: 6

Type: Online Course

Learning Objectives:
Understand the prevalence of CODs and their impact on the lives of those who go untreated
Define integrated treatment and explain the evidence on improved outcomes the approach has achieved
Understand how to recognize the effects of substance use problems on someones mental health symptoms
Use new skills for screening and assessment for mental health and substance use disorders
Identify the 12 domains of assessment
Understand barriers to effective screening and methods for overcoming these barriers
Understand the elements of a mental status examination
Identify guidelines for assessing for specific psychiatric disorders and for distinguishing between feelings, symptoms and disorders
Understand various substances and symptoms of intoxication and withdrawal that might mimic psychotic symptoms
Utilize a timeline to determine whether the observed symptoms are substance induced or related to an independent psychiatric disorder

Instructor: Robert E. Drake, Ph.D.

Dr. Drake is the Andrew Thomson Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Director of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. He was educated at Princeton, Duke, and Harvard Universities and has been at Dartmouth for over 20 years. In addition to working actively as a clinician in community mental health centers for the past 20 plus years, he has been developing and evaluating innovative community mental health practices for persons with severe mental illness. He is well known for his work in Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment for substance use disorder and severe mental illness. Some of his recent work has also focused on Supported Employment services. His over 200 publications cover diverse aspects of adjustment and quality of life among persons with severe mental illness and those in their support systems. Dr. Drake has presented throughout the United States and internationally regarding his work on improving services for people with severe mental illness.
Disclosure: Robert E. Drake, Ph.D. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.

Instructor: Mark McGovern, Ph.D.

Dr. Mark McGovern is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in New Hampshire. He is a practicing clinician and treatment services researcher with an expertise in behavioral health and psychosocial interventions for co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. Dr. McGovern received a career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse focused on translating and transferring evidence-based treatments for co-occurring disorders into routine clinical settings. He is the primary developer of the Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) Index, author of numerous scientific journal articles and clinician manuals on the assessment and treatment of co-occurring disorders, and he chairs a multi-state learning community funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program and SAMHSA. He is also the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Disclosure: Mark McGovern, Ph.D. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: intermediate and advanced level Alcohol and Drug Counselors; intermediate and advanced level Professional Counselors; intermediate and advanced level Psychologists; intermediate and advanced level Social Workers; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.

Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.

Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.

Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.