Process Addictions: Maladaptive Coping Across the Ages- Webinar

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Description

The number of people experiencing process addictions such as gambling, gaming, and social media has been growing for years. The criteria, symptoms, and even neurobiology of these disorders are incredibly similar to those of substance use disorders. In this webinar, we will discuss those stark comparisons and the concern that, from young children to the elderly, the population who are addicted is diverse and vast.

Presenter

Cary Hopkins Hall, MA, CAP, is a visiting instructor at the University of South Florida. She teaches in the Criminology department as a behavioral health subject matter expert, including courses such as Drugs and Crime, Process Addictions, Correctional Treatment, and Mental Health and Substance Use. She worked in co-occurring treatment centers for over 10 years, then moved into education and mentoring in COD spaces both domestically and abroad. She has done webinars and in-person training sessions for NADAAC, NIDA, Lisbon annual conference, non-profit and for-profit organizations.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to explain the similarities between process and substance use addictions.
• Participants will be able to summarize neurobiological changes that occur due to process addictions.
• Participants will be able to describe the maladaptive coping that presents in process addictions and how to address it.

Content Level

All Levels.

• Beginning level courses introduce learners to a content area; include information about a condition, treatment method, or issue; and involve learning and comprehending content.
• Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.
• Advanced level courses provide content for participants who have been working in the content area and have a clear understanding of the issues. These courses cover and address the complexities involved in the work and involve synthesizing material to create new patterns or structures or evaluating material for a specific purpose.