Delve into what are known as non-substance addictions and learn how to manage them correctly with this program that TECH makes available to you"

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

The program covers most of the non-substance addictions that a physician will encounter in their daily practice and will help them to situate and orient themselves in the intervention in a realistic and committed way, to know the role they should 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.

All this information will be compiled in a 100% online program, in which the physician will be able to decide how much time to dedicate to their study, without neglecting their professional, personal or family activity.  This is what makes this postgraduate certificate an unprecedented program and only available to the best professionals.

Non-substance addictions are a real public health problem. That is why the most prestigious health centers worldwide demand professionals trained in this field"

This postgraduate certificate inTreatment of Non-Substance Addictions, contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of clinical cases presented by medical experts
• 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
• New diagnostic-therapeutic developments in non-substance addictions
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Special emphasis on test-based medicine and research methodologies
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Studying at TECH is an easily recoverable investment because the contents presented here are 100% professionalizing”

The program includes, in its teaching staff, health professionals, who bring to this program their work experience, as well as renowned specialists belonging to leading scientific societies.

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 prepare in real situations.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the physician will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the postgraduate certificate. For this purspose, they will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned experts in the field of Treatment in Non-Substance Addictions with extensive teaching experience.

The course includes real clinical cases and exercises to bring the development of the course closer to the clinical practice of a physician"

You will improve the quality of life of your patients with the most innovative approach in this field"

After completing and successfully passing the assessments of this postgraduate certificate, the physician will be prepared to perform a quality practice based on the highest rigor and the latest scientific evidence. This will help them treat non-substance addictions adopting a multidisciplinary and highly effective approach.

Your goals and TECH goals become one and materialize with this postgraduate certificate”

General Objectives

• Analyze the current state of the world of non-substance addictions
• Discover the neurobiological basis of the different non-substance addictions
• Define the basic concepts commonly used by the scientific community in the area of addictions and formulate the different aspects to be taken into account by the physician in the assessment and intervention in these cases
• Provide a base of knowledge and procedures, which will give the student the necessary confidence and solvency to approach real cases
• Transmit the importance of multidisciplinary intervention as a key to effectiveness in the treatment of non-substance addiction cases

Specific Objectives

• Understand the effects of substances on the brain and the interrelation of the main neurological centers involved in addictions
• Highlight the techniques and tools of psychological assessment that the student will use in their daily practice, as well as the areas of assessment, in order to carry out a correct differential diagnosis as well as the detection of dual pathology
• Define the role of the psychologist in the assessment and intervention of addictions
• Identify the necessary criteria to carry out a preventative intervention as well as the most appropriate type of intervention in each case
• Expose the different types of assessment to be performed in the case of addictions, as well as provide the necessary knowledge for the correct interpretation of tests that should not be performed by the professional
• Recognize the signs which indicate prescription of an addiction treatment
• Identify the real situation of the addict and their motivation for change in order to assign the most appropriate therapeutic goals to their case
• Guide the student to incorporate practices that have proven to be effective in addiction cases for a successful approach to addictions
• Analyze the attitudes and actions which favor efficient multidisciplinary intervention

You will reach your most ambitious professional goals thanks to the in-depth knowledge provided by this TECH postgraduate certificate"