Within this framework, the disciplines and professionals concerned with the health of the population, including psychology professionals, are developing treatments and care protocols aimed at intervening effectively in addictive disorders”

In recent decades, addictions in which there is no substance that produces dependence, but rather a habit or behavior, have also been added to the list of addictions that 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 Current Classification and Taxonomy of Addictions contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market"

This postgraduate diploma in Current Classification and Taxonomy of Addictions 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
• The latest news on Current Classification and Taxonomy of Addictions
• 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 when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Current Classification and Taxonomy of Addictions you will obtain a postgraduate diploma from TECH”

Its teaching staff includes health professionals from the field of psychology, who contribute their work experience to this program, 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 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 the Current Classification and Taxonomy of Addictions in the present day in a much more efficient way"

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

The program's primary objective is focused on theoretical and practical learning, so that the psychologist is able to master postgraduate diploma in both a practical and rigorous manner.

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

• Analyze the current state of the world of addictions and drugs
• Discover the neurological bases of different addictions
• Define the basic concepts commonly used by the scientific community in the field of addictions and identify the different aspects for the psychologist to take into account in the evaluation and intervention of these cases
• Offer a base of knowledge and procedures which provides the student with the necessary confidence and solid foundations to address real cases
• 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 asessment 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. Current Classification of Addictions and their Basic Concepts

• Provide information about the current state of the drugs market, well as the plans to fight against drugs and addictions
• Adequately gauge the phenomenon of addictions and show the impact of addictions on the population
• Know the role of the psychologist in the treatment of addictions

Module 2. Assessment, Prevention and Psychological Treatment in Addictions

• Describe the cognitive, affective and relational processes affected in cases of addictions
• Apply the assessment of the physical environment and general health status as a method of addiction prevention
• Know the main laboratory tests applicable to the prevention and psychological treatment of this type of patients
• Understand the role of personality and its disorders in addictions

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