Addiction & Mental Health - Chemically Speaking Two (2hrs)

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Interventions - Understand Drug & Alcohol Addiction & Mental Health. How to help people

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Addiction & Mental Health - Chemically Speaking Two (2hrs)

What You Will Learn!

Develop the skills to deliver brief and early interventions to people struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. This is part of our wider Community Development Response to ICE & Other Drugs. CONTENTS 1. Substance Abuse & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis) 2. Integrative Holistic Model 3. Needs & Underlying Issues 4. Grief Cycle & Anger 5. Drink & Drug Driving 6. Cycle of Addiction • Alcohol • Tobacco • Cannabis • Stimulants (Speed, Ice, Ecstasy, Cocaine) 7. Optimal Health 8. Stages of Change 9. Costs vs Benefits 10. Tripod of Support. Participants will then have the confidence to help a drug user weigh up the costs vs the benefits of their drug use and help them to move forward & stay safe. This course will also help people to run family support groups and prepare them for the 2 day advanced dual diagnosis training that will be available towards the end of 2017.
Understand Substance Abuse & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis)
Understand Integrative Holistic Model
Understand Needs & Underlying Issues that drive addictions
Understand Grief Cycle & Anger
Understand Drink & Drug Driving
Understand Cycle of Addiction
Understand harm associated with Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis & Stimulants (Speed, Ice, Ecstasy, Cocaine)
Understand Optimal Health
Understand Stages of Change
Understand Costs vs Benefits – doing a brief intervention
Understand Tripod of Support for the drug user to help them move forward & stay safe.

Description

Hi, thank you for your interest in our 2 hour S.A.M.H.I. Chemically Speaking Two (Brief Intervention) training program.

This program is an introduction and an ideal platform for the comprehensive Dual Diagnosis 2 day (12 hour) advanced S.A.M.H.I. (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Intervention) Training designed for front line workers that was released during 2018.

This program will help you develop the skills to deliver brief and early interventions to people struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. This is part of our wider Community Development Response to ICE & Other Drugs.

Chemically Speaking Two is the 2017 upgrade to the original Chemically Speaking produced in 1999 and now provides training in:

1.Substance Abuse & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis)

2.Integrative Holistic Model

3.Needs & Underlying Issues that drive addictions

4.Grief Cycle & Anger

5.Drink & Drug Driving

6.Cycle of Addiction