This course is designed to help mental health professionals:


•Define what heroin is, how it is used in America, and categories of people using it.
•Describe the difference between opiates and opioids and their respective uses.
•List risk factors for drug use in children and adolescents.
•Describe protective factors in avoiding drug use in children and adolescents.
•Examine various aspects of conventional treatment approaches with individuals identified as having drug use issues.