UNODC: Treatnet Capacity Building
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Volume C:
Addiction Medications and Special Populations
VOLUME C, Module 1:
Addiction
Basics: Alcohol and Benzodiazepines; Psychostimulants, Volatile
Substances, and Cannabis
Module 1 consists of 3 workshops. The first workshop focuses on some basic definitional information on addiction and neurobiology of psychoactive disorders. Workshops 2 and 3 review medical and psychiatric considerations surrounding intoxication, withdrawal and management of withdrawal for major drug categories.
Powerpoint
Presentation (Updated Feb. 19,
2008)
Leaders’ Guide [ View ][ Download ] (Updated
Feb. 19, 2008)
Module Support Documents
VOLUME C, Module 2:
Opioids:
Basics of Addiction; Opiate Agonist, Partial Agonist, and Antagonist
Therapies
Module 2 consists of 4 workshops that describe the rationale and procedures for use of addiction pharmacotherapies. Major emphasis is on the established opiate pharmacotherapies: methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone and naloxone. Current status of pharmacotherapies for stimulant abuse is also reviewed.
Powerpoint
Presentation (Updated Feb. 21, 2008)
Leaders’ Guide [ View ][ Download ] (Updated Feb. 21, 2008)
Module Support Documents
- Pre-post Knowledge Assessment Form
- Trainee Satisfaction Form
- Clinical Forms
VOLUME C, Module 3:
Special
Populations: Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders, Women,
and Young People
Module 3 consists of 3 workshops on topics of special populations. Workshop 1 focuses on issues related to substance abuse and its treatment for people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. Workshop 2 focuses on topics related to treatment of women with substance use disorders. Workshop 3 describes common substance use problems among young people and considerations for their treatment.
Powerpoint
Presentation
Leaders’ Guide [ View ][ Download ]
Module Support Documents
Treatnet Training Package Materials