Addiction-Free Pain Management® Goes to the University of Utah’s Annual School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
Sunday, June 21st, 2009I’m spending this coming week in Salt Lake City presenting two Addiction-Free Pain Management® topics and helping Terence T. Gorski teacch the Relapse Prevention Counseling Track at the University of Utah’s School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies annual week long school. Last year I presented the Relapse Prevention Counseling Track myself and I am very honored to be asked back this year to present Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders and Are We Managing Pain or Fueling Addiction.
The University of Utah’s School, which is recognized internationally, has continually expanded its scope to keep pace with increased awareness of the health and social problems of alcoholism and other drug dependencies and now I am bringing chronic pain and prescription drug abuse/addiction to the curicuulum. All areas of these problems are presented in training sessions for professional and lay personnel. The School provides students with the latest methods and techniques for working effectively in their respective disciplines.
COURSES OFFERED for substance abuse counselors, clinicians, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, medical personnel, rehabilitation counselors, public health administrators, educators, judges, lawyers, peace officers, county commissioners, industrial and community leaders, advisory council and board members, college and graduate students, families, treatment center personnel, and others desiring special instruction on alcoholism and other drug dependencies.
GENERAL SESSIONS for the entire student body will focus on current issues and trends in the field of substance abuse education, prevention and treatment.
GROUP SECTIONS provide specialized information and techniques for working effectively with substance abuse problems in various disciplines. Specific groups are: American Indian; Criminal and Juvenile Justice; Dental; Drugs: Treatment and Rehabilitation; Education, Prevention and Youth Counseling; Employee Assistance and Human Resources; Mining Industry; Nursing; Pharmacy; Physicians; Professional Treatment; Recovery Support; Relapse Prevention Counseling; Substance Abuse Overview and Current Issues; Vocational Rehabilitation, Pain Management and Women’s Treatment.
To learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System, please check out my article The Need for Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Treatment that you can download for free on our Ariticles page. This article also gives an overview of my Addiction-Free Pain Management® Workbook.To purchase this book please Click Here.
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You can learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System at our website www.addiction-free.com. If you are working with people undergoing chronic pain management and want to learn how to develop a plan for managing their chronic pain and coexisting psychological disorders including depression, addiction and other coexisting psychological disorders effectively please consider my book Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders: Using the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System. To purchase this book please Click Here.
