Drug and Alcohol Brief Intervention Skills for Professionals
Drug and alcohol use represent major causes of mortality and disability around the world leading to significant health and social consequences. They increase the likelihood of developing cancers, stroke. They also play a role in the development of other disorders including infectious diseases and liver cirrhosis.
Alcohol and drug use contribute to significant individual, family and societal problems including homicide, suicide, assault, accidents, injuries, violent crime aswell as other forms of impairment and death. Health care workers are well positioned to offer the front-line prevention, intervention and referral strategies
Course Offered:
We offer the following course for professionals who do not specialise in addiction but encounter drug and alcohol issues in their day-to-day work.
• Drug and Alcohol Intervention Skills for Professionals: this course provides participants with knowledge and skills in screening, assessment, brief intervention, and referral for clients experiencing drug and alcohol related problems.