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Don't miss the opportunity to update your knowledge in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction to improve your professional practice”

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In recent decades, those addictions where there is no substance that produces dependence, but rather a habit or behavior have also been added to list of addictions which require treatment. This is the case of pathological gambling and addiction to new technologies, which are causing serious psychological and social health problems in both adults and young people. For these cases, psychology has also developed treatments that seek the reduction and elimination of such habits and behaviors, which we will cover in the last unit of this program.

This Postgraduate diploma is unique for the multitude of techniques and tools given to the psychologist so that they can specialize in addiction intervention. Aimed at psychologists who wish to specialize in the field of addictions, or who want to update their knowledge in this regard, it offers the latest advances in the field of psychological treatment of addictions and prevention, so that they can intervene competently in this type of problem. The program covers most of the addictions that a psychologist will encounter in their daily practice and will help them to situate and orientate themselves in the intervention in a realistic and committed way, to know the role they must play in the intervention together with other professionals and to know how to apply the most appropriate techniques for each moment of the intervention process.

The Postgraduate diploma in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market”

This Postgraduate diploma in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction  contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

  • Clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties
  • The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • Latest news on Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction
  • An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
  • With special emphasis on evidence-based psychology and research methodologies in psychology
  • All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Availability of content from any fixed or portable device with internet connection

This Postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Global University"

Its faculty includes health professionals belonging to the field of psychology, who bring to this program the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists belonging to scientific societies of reference.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, it will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of psychology with extensive teaching experience.

Thanks to its completely up-to-date content, you will be able to approach Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction in a much more efficient way"

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The Postgraduate diploma includes real clinical cases and exercises to bring the development of the Postgraduate diploma closer to the psychologist's clinical practice"

Syllabus

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals knowledgeable about the implications of the program in daily psychological practice, aware of the current relevance of specialization in order to be able to treat the patient with mental pathology and committed to quality teaching through new educational technologies.

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This program in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market”

Module 1. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Tobacco Addiction

1.1. Social Concept of Tobacco
1.2. Classification of Problems Related to Tobacco
1.3. Impact and Effect of Tobacco on Health
1.4. Neurobiology of Tobacco Addiction
1.5. Tobacco Consumption Problems
1.6. Psychological Evaluation in Smoking
1.7. Medical Treatment
1.8. Psychological Treatment: Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment
1.9. Other Therapeutic Interventions and Types of Intervention Programs
1.10. Psychological Intervention in Adolescents
1.11. Approach to Other Pathologies Present in Tobacco Addiction
1.12. Prevention of Relapses and Maintaining Results

Module 2. Time-Limited Psychotherapy Intervention in Smoking

2.1. Historical and Social Aspects
2.2. Prevalence of Tobacco Consumption in Spain
2.3. Figures Worldwide
2.4. The Consumption of Tobacco and Health
2.5. Tobacco Bias and Explanatory Models of Smoking Behavior
2.7. Tobacco and Psychopathology
2.8. Tobacco and Schizophrenia
2.9. Alcohol and Tobacco
2.10. Smoking Treatment
2.11. Biological Treatment of Abstinence Syndrome
2.12. Behavioral Treatment of Smoking
2.13. Treatment With Time-Limited Psychotherapy (TLP)

2.13.1. Interpersonal Moment of Intervention With TLP
2.13.2. Intrapersonal Moment of Intervention With TLP

2.14. A Real Case is Worth More Than a Thousand Explanations

Module 3. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Alcohol Addiction

3.1. Definition and Classification of Alcoholic Drinks
3.2. Classification of Problems Related to Alcohol
3.3. Impact and Effect of Alcohol on Health
3.4. Neurobiology of Alcohol Addiction
3.5. Disorders Related to Alcohol
3.6. Psychological Evaluation in Alcohol Addiction
3.7. Medical Treatment
3.8. Psychological Treatment: Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment
3.9. Other Therapeutic Interventions and Types of Intervention Programs
3.10. Psychological Intervention in Adolescents
3.11. Approach to Other Pathologies Present in Alcohol Addiction
3.12. Prevention of Relapses and Maintaining Results

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A unique, key and decisive program to boost your professional development”

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction

The consumption of some psychoactive substances usually causes for the population in the transition from adolescence to adulthood, and throughout the latter stage, a great dependence on the use of them and later by the constant use of cigarettes and liquor derive to physical and psychological disorders. The risks of these practices can also be at a social level, as they alter the existing relationships at family and professional level, preventing the development of a full life of frequent consumers. That is why TECH Global University developed a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction so that students interested in this area can delve into the main tasks of research and assessment of patients and their disorders, as well as learn to establish ways for the prevention of a disease with greater difficulty to be treated and stabilized.

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This syllabus is developed over six months and consists of three modules, which will address the cognitive-behavioral treatment of addiction to tobacco and alcohol, the intervention with time-limited psychotherapy in smoking, where you will learn the main concepts, the classification of problems, the negative impact, neurobiology and addiction, assessment and multiple treatments, among other aspects. All this was designed with the objective of training rigorous professionals in their medical practice, in which they analyze and understand the criteria for the assessment and the existing therapies to face each case. Starting with the analysis of the different stages of consumption in multiple population groups, that is, the initial and chronic moment differentiated in men and women in order to manage a progressive program that fits the needs of the various groups of people with a problematic or possibly difficult consumption; in this way not only can be trained professionally, but also think about the benefit of timely and assertive care of patients.