Full course description
Course Introduction
This Mental Health, Problem Gambling, and Wellbeing course is a part of the Training Series for Disordered Gamblers. This course will focus on faith and spiritual supporting of mental health, problem gambling and wellbeing.
Training Series for Disordered Gamblers is developed by the Indiana Problem Gambling Awareness Program or IPGAP of the Prevention Insights of Indiana University Bloomington. IPGAP is a project funded by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction to provide technical assistance for prevention and treatment of disordered gambling in Indiana. As you work through the training series for disordered gamblers, you will be guided in evidence-based research and trends related to problem gambling. You will have the opportunity to study case-based scenarios and apply current treatment standards.
Course Topics Include
- Reviewing the co-occuring mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) linked with disordered gambling/problem gambling
- Listening and learning from faith and spiritual leaders/supporters and persons with lived experience in supporting mental health challenges
- Substance Use Disorders
- Disordered/problem gambling
- Strategies and resources to apply to spiritual outreach support
In order to get this certificate, you must score 80% or higher on the self-assessment quiz.
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