Dual Diagnosis Training
2 Monaco St, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217
0408332765
George Patriki
George Patriki provides training in Dual Diagnosis & development for the health care, welfare and social service industries on the Gold Coast and throughout Australia…
Services include:
* Advanced Drug & Alcohol Training and Workshops in Substance Abuse and Mental Health.
Training in Dual Diagnosis, (also known as Comorbidity), is conducted in the areas of substance abuse and concurrent mental health issues.
2 Day Workshop - Advanced Drug & Alcohol Training & Mental Health
This Comorbidity training workshop covers all the key knowledge required to conduct a brief intervention for clients presenting with drug & alcohol issues as well as mental health problems (ie: Dual Diagnosis). Key knowledge components include:
§ Pharmacology of drugs (drugs & their effects)
§ The Cycle of Addiction
§ The Stages of Change
§ The Grief Cycle & Anger / Hatred
§ Holistic Intervention and the public health model, (based on the Ottawa Charter; incorporating bio-psycho-social-spiritual dynamics)
§ Understanding the underlying emotional & psychological issues behind addictions
§ Understanding the neurophysiology, neuroplasticity / psychology of addictions and human development
§ Psychopharmacology
§ The Cycle of Addiction
§ The Stages of Change
§ The Grief Cycle & Anger / Hatred
§ Delivering a Brief Intervention
Day 2
§ How to work with treatment resistant clients; including precontemplators
§ Using the trauma model to help people move forward
§ Working with people with mental health issues (particularly personality disorders)
§ Motivational interviewing; theory and practice.
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