With this postgraduate diploma, you will be able to understand how the drug market has developed and its impact on the world population”

This postgraduate diploma is unique for the multitude of techniques and tools that TECH gives to the doctor so that they can specialize in the intervention of addictions. Aimed at professionals who wish to specialize in the field of addictions, or who want to update their knowledge in this regard, it offers the latest advances in the field of medical treatment of addictions and prevention, so that they can intervene competently in this type of problem.

The program covers most of the addictions that a physician will encounter in their daily practice and will help them to position and orient themselves in the intervention in a realistic and committed way, to know the role they should play in the intervention together with other professionals and to know how to apply the most appropriate techniques for each moment of the intervention process.

The teaching team of this program has made a careful selection of each of the topics of this specialization in order to offer the student a study opportunity as complete as possible and always related to current events. 

As it is an online program, the student is not conditioned by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their work or personal life with their academic life. 

The postgraduate diploma in Psychological Intervention in Non-Substance Addictions contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market"

This postgraduate diploma in Psychological Intervention in Non-Substance Addictions contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in non-substance addictions 
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning 
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Make this program the best investment of time to know how to identify erratic behaviors in patients with gambling addiction"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.  

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.  

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.   

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This program is oriented to guarantee a theoretical and practical development on the new addictions that do not involve a substance to generate dependence. This can make a difference when treating and understanding the attitudes of a patient in a hospital ward. Therefore, the physician who attends this program will have a series of objectives to guide their learning at all times. 

Achieve excellence with a program and classify problems related to gambling and new technologies" 

General Objectives

• Analyze the current state of the world of addictions and drugs
• Discover the neurological bases of different addictions
• Define the basic concepts commonly used by the scientific community in the area of addictions and formulate the different aspects to be taken into account by the expert in the assessment and intervention in these cases
• Offer a base of knowledge and procedures which provides the student with the necessary confidence and solid foundations to address real cases
• Reflect and practice different situations of intervention in cases of addictions
• Establish the differentiating criteria between the prevention and treatment of addictions, as well as the levels of prevention which already exist
• Provide the student with the keys to the evaluation framework in the case of addictions
• Show the criteria for the choice of therapeutic goals when facing an addiction intervention
• Describe in detail the basic protocol followed by the cognitive-behavioral approach in the treatment of addictions, its techniques, as well as therapeutic procedures from other approaches that may be complementary to the above approach
• Transmit the importance of multidisciplinary intervention as the key to the effectiveness of treatment in the case of addictions

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Current Classification of Addictions and Their Basic Concepts 

• Analyze practical cases where you can observe the differences between good and bad praxis
• Provide information about the current state of the drugs market, well as the plans to fight against drugs and addictions 
• Adequately measure the phenomenon of addictions and show the impact of these addictions on the population 
• Describe the cognitive, affective and relational processes affected in cases of addictions

Module 2. Evaluation, Prevention and Psychological Treatment in Addictions 

• Understand the effects of substances on the brain and the interrelation of the main neurological centers involved in addictions 
• Highlight the techniques and instruments of psychological assessment that the student will use in their daily practice, as well as the areas of evaluation, in order to carry out a correct differential diagnosis, as well as the detection of dual pathology
• Define the role of the psychologist in the assessment and intervention of addictions 
• Identify the necessary criteria to carry out a preventative intervention as well as the most appropriate type of intervention in each case

Module 3. Treatment of Non-Substance Addictions: Pathological Gambling, The Internet, New Technologies, Emotional Dependency 

• Expose the different types of assessment to be performed in the case of addictions, as well as provide the necessary knowledge for the correct interpretation of tests that should not be performed by the professional 
• Recognize the signs which indicate prescription of an addiction treatment
• Identify the real situation of the addict and their motivation for change in order to assign the most appropriate therapeutic goals to their case
• Guide the student to incorporate practices that have proven to be effective in addiction cases for a successful approach to addictions
• Analyze the attitudes and actions which favor efficient multidisciplinary intervention

Learn the techniques and instruments of psychological assessment to improve your practice with patients addicted to technologies”