برنامج تكوين الكوادر الخاصة بعلاج اضطراب الإدمان يشمل تدريب الأطباء و التمريض و الأخصائيين النفسيين إعداد : د/ احمد البحيري – استشاري الطب النفسي

1. Proposal for
a Comprehensive
Curriculum for Addiction
sciences Fellowship
Dr. Ahmed Albehairy, M.D
Psychiatry Consultant
Ministry of Health, Egypt

2. Why we are in need for it ?
 Addiction medicine , is evident currently as
distinctive branch in psychiatry, proper
subspecialty.
 Forming a homogeneity of scientific
community in addiction for education , training,
and researches.
 Managing addiction, in our Arab countries is in
need for larger number of personnel and hours
for services.

3. ?Who will join the study and training
 Psychiatrists.
 Psychologists.
 Psychiatry nurse staff.
After passing their main specialization in General
Psychiatry.

4. The curriculum in this proposal is
formed of
 5 modules.
 35 sections.
 Time needed: 6 hrs./ section. ( 1 wks).
 1 or 2 years training and exam.

5. Main Modules
 I- Assessment.
 II- Counseling ,psychotherapy .
 III-Care and health services management.
 IV- Prevention and Psycho education for the
patients and community.
 V-Professional abilities and responsibilities.

6. Main Concepts , included in the
curriculum
 Knowledge
 Skills
 Attitude

7. knowledge
 Interviewing.
 Biopsychosocial approaches.
 Diagnosis and D.D.
 Related psychopharmacology, and neurosciences
(for psychiatrists and some for nurses).
 Drugs & Alcohol in pregnancy , premature
exposure of neonate, vulnerable pts.(for
psychiatrists and some for nurses).

8. knowledge
 Motivational techniques.
 Co morbidities.
 CBT.
 Relapse prevention programs.
 Counseling, (general, addiction, family)
 Other types of psychotherapy ( supportive,
psychoanalytic, interpersonal, DBT,)

9. knowledge
 Brief psychotherapy in emergency.
 Group.
 Family therapy
 Rehabilitation ( art, occupational and spiritual
religious ).
 Documentation.
 Financial sources, administrative work.

10. knowledge
 Establishing health services and how to modify
the treating programs.
 Hepatitis c and other medical conditions related
to addiction.
 Services for special populations ( children,
adolescence, women, disability and in prison).
 Auditing and researches for services.
 Network therapy, and 1ry care services.
 stigma .

11. knowledge
 Recovery .
 Psycho education for the patients, family,
community stakeholders and volunteers.
 Ethical codes, legal aspects, cultural differences.
 Aspects and ways for CME.

12. Skills
 Interviewing. 8 skills
 Documentation.
 filing.
 Team work decision skills.
 Plan of management ( inpatient, out patient , day
care………etc.).
 Clinical decision in psychopharmacology.
 How to use rapid test and viva and system for
investigation and security.

13. Skills
 Using different scales as , ASI, MINI, MMPI, others.
 Psychotherapy techniques.
 Group.
 Counseling.
 Brief psychotherapy in emergency.
 Family therapy
 Relapse prevention
 Case managers.
 ??occupational , art, religious therapists.

14. Skills
 Administrative skills.
 Reporting
 Referral.
 Medical report.
 Forensic report.
 Managerial. Vision , mission, auditing, Quality
Control, modifying services, SPSS.

15. Skills
 Designing programs for special populations , needs .
 Easily contacting other areas of services and help in
addiction. NA.
 Programs of infection control , sexual education,
parenting counselling and skills, pregnant addicts, in
prison .
 Psychoeducation and lecturing skills.
 Research, critical appraisal for research.
 Easily involved in ethical issues and legal aspects of
clinical point of views.

16. Skills
 Risk assessment : suicide , aggression , or crime.

17. Attitude
 Client concept.
 Individuality and appropriateness of the service.
 Patients rights.
 Staff ‘s rights.
 Family problems.
 Respect for others ‘role in the team.
 Wholistic approach in management , in
diagnosis and management .

18. Attitude
 Respect and understanding lapse and relapse,
suicide, HCV, HIV. …..etc
 Punctuality in documentation , filing , referral,
research, auditing , Q.C., I.C.
 Ethical community in hospital.
 Not to judge the patient , undercover the service
he s only a patient .

19. Limitations
and Recommendations
for
Discussions
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