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Involuntary Commitment to Treatment as an Effective Intervention Tool for Substance Use Disorder

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1.5 CE Hour
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Significant research has established that involuntary commitment to treatment is at least as effective, if not more so, than voluntary treatment. Oftentimes, no amount of familial or employment pressure can interfere with the individual’s need for substances. Substance abuse re-wires the brain for more substance abuse. Involuntary commitment to treatment, through the courts, provides the tools to deliver individuals with substance use disorders to treatment where they can begin re-wiring the brain for recovery. Many individuals must be mandated by the courts to receive treatment long enough to facilitate the development of intrinsic motivation to heal.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Psychologist
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Counselor
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe 3 ways the legal system can assist a clinician or interventionist with getting an individual into treatment for Substance Use Disorder.

  • Identify 3 principles of treatment that can be assisted by use of the legal system while maintaining the confidentiality of substance-impaired individual's identity.

  • Identify 3 ways laws for involuntary commitment to treatment provide leverage and structure for substance-impaired individuals.

  • Describe at least 2 significant findings in studies of involuntary commitment to treatment. List at least 2 ways involuntary commitment to treatment can be applied to respective professional approaches in substance use intervention.

References

  • Grisel, J. (2020). Never enough: The neuroscience and experience of addiction. Anchor Books.

  • Christopher, P. P., Pinals, D. A., Stayton, T., Sanders, K., & Blumberg, L. (2015). Nature and utilization of civil commitment for substance abuse in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, 43(3), 313-320.

  • Sweeney, T.J., Strolla, M.P., Myers, D.P. (2013). Civil commitment for Substance Use Disorder patients under the Florida Marchman Act: Demographics and outcomes in the private clinical setting. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 32(1), 108-115.

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Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 General continuing education credits.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Counselor

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Ethical and Professional Development, Legal

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Joe Considine, J.D.

Attorney Joe Considine has practiced law in South Florida since 1983. His firm specializes in utilizing the court system to require substance use treatment through Florida’s involuntary statute, the Marchman Act. He works extensively with families whose loved ones have substance abuse and mental health problems, many of whom are not Florida residents. Joe works closely with interventionists, treatment centers, and case managers. He has handled hundreds of Marchman Act cases, and has been able to keep individuals with Substance Use Disorder in treatment under a court order for up to 12 months. JoeConsidineLaw.com.

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