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Tobacco Treatment For Individuals With Substance Abuse And Psychiatric Disorders, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Nursing Presentations

Overview of this presentation:

• Discuss smoking among persons with substance use and mental illness
• Present smoking cessation outcomes from an evidence-based program for persons with substance use disorders and mental Illness
• Conclusion with current and future Projects

Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment For Disparate Populations, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli

Nursing Presentations

Overview of this presentation:

• Describe Research Group and Program of Research among disparate Populations
• Discuss smoking among persons with substance use and mental illness
• Present smoking cessation outcomes from evidence-based programs for persons with substance use disorders and mental Illness
• Conclusion with current and future Projects

Language Difference Between Peer And Professional Drug And Substance Abuse Counselors: What Can It Tell Us?, Lizzeth Celeste Jensen

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Language studies that explore the human mind are not new. In recent years new techniques have opened new areas of investigation. One such is whether different professional groups do not merely use language in different ways, but a) "think" differently, or b) may be professionally more effective.

This is an exploratory study that uses secondary data analysis to see if difference in approach to providing help by Peer versus Professional substance use counselors, are reflected in differences of language use. For the purpose of this study Peer will stand for those counselors which, during the interview, stated they were ex-addicts …

Adoption And Implementation Of Alcohol And Drug Screening, Brief Intervention, And Referral To Treatment (Sbirt) In School-Based Health Centers : Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, And Perceptions As Barriers And Facilitators, Brett Harris

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Background: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics as an evidence-based strategy to address risky substance use among adolescents in primary care settings. However, less than half of pediatricians even screen adolescents for substance use.