
Substance Abuse and Older Adults - The Population and the Problem (3 hours)
About This Course Your Course Instructor Course Formats This 3 hour course by Gerald Shulman is designed to provide insight and information about the treatment needs of older adults. It will provide both insight and an overview to the older adult population, identifying various problems and issues that drugs (licit and illicit) and alcohol cause in this group, as well as unique counseling issues and needs. This course is part of our Substance Abuse and Older Adults series. Courses in this series include: Substance Abuse and Older Adults - The Population and the Problem Substance Abuse and Older Adults - Assessment and Treatment Issues Goals/Objectives By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will: Identify the various groups the make-up this population. Examine various myths and stereotypes. Review the history of this population and its growth. Explore special problems that exist for this population. Identify treatment strategies. Gerald Shulman, MA, M