Course Title:	Retired ~ Women and Addiction: Consumption Patterns
	Category:	94
	Credits:	0.5
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	Objectives:	At the completion of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify sex differences in consumption patterns of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs • Specify additional questions to ask in assessing women (and men) to get a more thorough picture of consumption patterns and context.
	Description:	The purpose of this course is to summarize some of the information available on the different rates of substance use in women and men, with a special focus on the consumption rates of those less than 18 years of age in the U.S. Our data source will be the results of the last annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted by the federal government. We will also review international comparisons of alcohol use patterns among women and men in different countries. Interestingly, initial researchers suggested that the rates of use are underestimated for women because of the oversimplified questions used in the surveys. A new instrument was developed and used to find some expected and unexpected results. We do provide a brief description of the revised survey instrument – all or portions of it which may be of value in treatment assessments. Importantly, this survey instrument looks much more fully at contexts, both drinking and life contexts, than most standard diagnostic and psychosocial assessments used in treatment organizations today. Keywords: Gender, gender competence, gender competency, sex, discrimination, stereotyping, women, men, oppression, feminist, women’s studies, women’s issues, feminism, inequality, power relations, sexual, group processes, group dynamics, substance abuse, addictions, consumption patterns, alcohol, drug, tobacco, adolescents, cultural, race, lesbian, bisexual
		Approval Bodies: Professional Development Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling) NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals National Board for Certified Counselors Florida Board of Nursing Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE) California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators Connecticut Certification Board, Inc. Pennsylvania Certification Board Florida Board of Psychology California Board of Registered Nursing California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP) Illinois Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. 03/20-22 (Q) Illinois Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. 03/22-24 (AQ).