Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders: The Neurobiology of Addiction by Marvin D. Seppala, Joseph Lee (Digital, 2016) for sale online

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Based on the latest research, Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders is an educational video that provides information on the neurobiology of addiction, or how alcohol and other drugs affect the brain and central nervous system. Using the simplest terms, this video explains why, because of changes in brain chemistry, it is so difficult to overcome a severe substance use disorder. This highly engaging video works well in a variety of settings and situations: individual and group sessions inpatient and outpatient services in a wide variety of settings including treatment centres, correctional facilities, and mental health clinics parent education programs family counselling staff in-services Discussions are led by addiction medical experts, Drs. Marvin Seppala and Joseph Lee from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation with engaging graphics to make a complicated subject matter much easier to understand. And because it has segments with natural break points, it can be viewed in its entirety or however it fits your schedule. Medical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders comes complete with reproducible fact sheets, worksheets and facilitator guides to complement and reinforce the messages in the video.