What do I need to be able to work with substance use? 
What role do specialized substance abuse programs do and how can we work together?

This is the last installment of the five-part discussion about why substance use is absolutely our business and why we all need to know how to assess and treat substance use in our mental health clients. 

In this Podcast 

• Substance abuse is the business of the mental health world.
• We may not have gotten trained, but we can change that and get the training we need. 
• Specialized substance abuse treatment can be a great addition to mental health therapy. 
• Substance abuse programs have specific processes for recommending treatment needs and steps for each level to meet a client’s needs. 
• If you have one available in your area, and your client is willing. Refer them, but keep working with them also.
• If you don’t have specialized treatment available you can treat them yourselves. 
• We can evolve and get the information we need to meet our clients needs and help them gain more freedom