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October 2018
Region 2 – Specialty Training – The Effects of Addictive Drugs on the Adolescent Brain
Regionally-specific neurochemical changes underlie the development and progression of addiction. These changes are thought to produce cravings – often associated with both acute and chronic symptoms of withdrawal. While addictive substances and behaviors produce unique changes in these specific chemicals, the degree to which they do depends, to a large degree, on the substance and behaviors abused. This presentation will identify these neurochemical changes and demonstrate alterations that develop as a function of the addictive substance. In addition, studies will…
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Region 2 – Specialty Training – Psychological Testing: What is it? When to use it? How to use?
Attendees will develop an understanding of the technology of psychological testing and its scientific basis, how it differs from other methods of clinical assessment, and what unique advantages it offers; Attendees will become familiar with some of the more commonly used instruments and understand how they are combined to provide a psychometric basis for diagnosis and formulation of behavioral and emotional problem; Attendees will learn when psychological testing can be most helpful in differentiating, identifying, quantifying the kinds of emotional,…
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