Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Psychology Volume 02, Issue 16: Developmental and Cultural Considerations in the Treatment of Teenage Substance Abuse

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Glendale, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2013

Audio-Digest Foundation announces the release of Psychology Volume 02, Issue 16: Developmental and Cultural Considerations in the Treatment of Teenage Substance Abuse.

The goal of this program is to improve the management of alcohol and drug abuse in adolescents, particularly those with Hispanic/Latino ethnicity. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Counsel teenage patients about risks associated with binge drinking.

2. Build a therapeutic relationship with a teen who has been referred for substance abuse counseling.

3. Exhibit sensitivity to cultural distinctions that affect substance abuse behaviors and receptiveness to treatment.

4. Use principles of guided self-change to help adolescent patient reduce their levels of drug and alcohol consumption.

5. Recognize developmental influences on a patient’s drinking and drug use    

The original programs were presented by Eric F. Wagner, PhD, Professor, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, and Director, Community-based Intervention Research Group, Florida International University, Miami.

Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.

Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.

Out of these cutting-edge programs, Audio-Digest then chooses the most clinically relevant, edits them for clarity, and publishes them either every week or every two weeks.

In addition, Audio-Digest publishes subscription series in conjunction with leading medical societies: DiabetesInsight with The American Diabetes Association, ACCEL with The American College of Cardiology, Continuum Audio with The American Academy of Neurology, and Journal Watch Audio General Medicine with Massachusetts Medical Society.

For 60 years, the global medical community of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical professionals around the world has subscribed to Audio-Digest specialty series in order to remain current in their specialties as well as to maintain their Continuing Education requirements with the most cutting-edge, independent, and unbiased continuing medical education (CME).

Long a technical innovator, Audio-Digest was the first to produce audio medical education programs and the first to produce in-car medical education. Currently, its subscription and annual products are available on CD and MP3, as well as iPhone, iPad, and Android apps.

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