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A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Counselor Education Program: From Specialty Certificate to Ph.D.

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East Carolina University has one of the few comprehensive substance abuse counselor education (SACE) programs in the nation that offers an undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level of preparation in substance abuse counseling.
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East Carolina University has one of the few comprehensive substance abuse counselor education (SACE) programs in the nation that offers an undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level of preparation in substance abuse counseling. This article describes the evolution of this SACE from its beginning in 1972 to its current status. This comprehensive program can serve as a model for substance abuse counselor educators developing SACE programs at other universities.

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Professions and society: An exploratory study of clinical decision-making in five countries

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the cognitive processes nurses use in their decision-making in long and short-term care settings in five countries, and the demographic variables associated with their decisionmaking.
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The intersection of structurally traumatized communities and substance use treatment: Dominant discourses and hidden themes

TL;DR: A structurally traumatized communities theoretical framework relating to three major topics: addiction as an equal opportunity disease, the psychology of marijuana use, and anger and rage is proposed.
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Current Expectations and Existing Deficits among Addiction Specialists

TL;DR: The authors found that the preparation of addiction counselors has not kept pace, creating a deficit between the knowledge and skills required of today's addiction counselors and a workforce possessing such knowledge and skill.
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Rehabilitation Counselor Specialty Areas Offered by Rehabilitation Counselor Education Programs

TL;DR: This investigation surveys the types of specialty areas offered by master’s degree-level rehabilitation counselor education (RCE) programs in the United States and finds the top areas identified were substance abuse counseling, clinical mental health counseling, and deafness and hearing impaired rehabilitation.
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Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling Students' Characteristics and Career Goals.

TL;DR: Students from a master's program in Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling at a midsize southeastern university were surveyed to determine personal characteristics and career goals, and the top four goals were substance abuse counselor, clinical mental health counselor, substance abuse prevention specialist, and state agency rehabilitation counselor.
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Curriculum Standards for the Education of Professional Substance Abuse Counselors.

TL;DR: Examination of the perceived need for CACREP-accredited counselor education programs to formalize curriculum standards for substance abuse counseling courses suggested that providing educational preparation for students aspiring to be substance abuse counselors should be implemented.
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The State of Addictions Education Programs: Results of a National Cross-Sectional Survey

TL;DR: Of the 1,028 courses surveyed, counseling courses by far were the most cited addiction studies course offered at all academic levels with basic/introductory courses a distant second.
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The effects of specialized training in alcohol information for counseling students.

TL;DR: The results of the analyses indicated that a training session specifically designed for working with alcoholic populations significantly increased the objective knowledge base of counseling students, although the single training session was not enough to significantly improve subjective judgment and response scores.
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This comprehensive program can serve as a model for substance abuse counselor educators developing SACE programs at other universities.