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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"

Objectives

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the psychologist can master in a practical and rigorous way Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction.

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This up-to-date program will provide you with a sense of confidence in the practice of psychology, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

  • Reflect and practice different situations of intervention in cases of addictions
  • Establish the differentiating criteria between the prevention and treatment of addictions, as well as the levels of prevention which already exist
  • Provide the student with the keys to the evaluation framework in the case of addictions
  • Show the criteria for the choice of therapeutic goals when facing an addiction intervention
  • Describe in detail the basic protocol followed by the cognitive-behavioral approach in the treatment of addictions, its techniques, as well as therapeutic procedures from other approaches that may be complementary to the above approach
  • Transmit the importance of multidisciplinary intervention as the key to the effectiveness of treatment in the case of addictions

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Tobacco Addiction

  • Apply pharmacological treatments to support cognitive-behavioral therapy
  • Perform psychological intervention in adolescents with tobacco addiction
  • Learn about other types of therapeutic interventions aimed at stopping tobacco addiction and its prevention

Module 2. Time-Limited Psychotherapy Intervention in Smoking

  • Manage the biological treatment of withdrawal syndrome applied to smoking
  • Effectively apply behavioral treatment of tobacco dependence
  • Recognize the signs which indicate prescription of an addiction treatment
  • Outline the different types of assessment to be carried out in the case of addictions, as well as to provide the necessary knowledge for the correct interpretation of tests that are not the responsibility of the psychologist

Module 3. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Alcohol Addiction

  • Know the impact and effects of alcohol on health
  • Delve into the neurobiology of addiction to alcohol
  • Manage alcohol-related disorders
  • Carry out a psychological assessment on alcohol addiction
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Make the most of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Psychological Intervention in Tobacco and Alcohol Addiction"

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 Pedagógica created 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 pathologies, 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.