Addiction & Mental Health (Dual Diagnosis) Integrative 12hrs

Explore the dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental health through an integrative holistic model spanning biological, psychological, spiritual, and social factors, plus neuroplasticity and epigenetics.

Analyze global and Australian drug use trends and methamphetamine growth, and how illicit drugs relate to offending behavior; examine data challenges, peer pressure, and risk factors across age groups.

trace the cycle of addiction from experimentation to full-blown addiction, including tolerance and the midbrain reward system, and apply the stages of change and the tripod of support for recovery.

Explore how alcohol functions as a depressant, measure standard drinks, and understand binge drinking, poly drug use, brain harm in adolescence, and foetal alcohol syndrome, plus overdose risks and prevention.

Explore harms of drinking and drug driving in dual diagnosis training module, and explain how alcohol and drugs affect the visual-spatial brain, promoting driver education and designated drivers in schools.

Learn how cannabis affects concentration and driving by disrupting visual-spatial skills, and how distractions and high-range drinking harm reaction time and crash risk.

Assess cannabis health risks, including physical and mental health impacts and its addiction potential. Understand brain effects, memory and concentration changes, and the cycle of addiction.

Examine stimulants such as speed and methamphetamine, their rising purity and youth risk, and how community development—via education, data monitoring, and dual-diagnosis training—empowers brief interventions and ongoing support.

Explore how stimulants enter the body (smoking, injecting, snorting, drinking), how they hijack the brain's reward system, and the dangers of purity and fillers.

Explore ecstasy and methamphetamine, their effects, risks, and observable signs of use. Learn about clandestine labs, inhalants, and volatile substances, and pick up safety and engagement tactics for front line workers.

Explore how addictions hijack the brain's reward system and how dual diagnosis links substance use with mental health, through an integrative biological, psychological, spiritual, and social approach, including brief interventions.

Explain the body-soul-spirit model to show how health, mind, emotions, and conscience interact in addiction and mental health, guiding recovery through free will, transcendence, and unconditional love.

Explore Viktor Frankl's logo therapy and the role of spirituality in treatment, recognizing boundaries between belief systems, and examine eros, fellus, and okapi as drivers of meaning and healthy relationships.

Explore how trauma reshapes brain wiring between the orbital prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, and how loving relationships support emotion regulation and neuroplasticity in dual diagnosis care.

Explore how neuroplasticity enables healing through loving human connection, touch, and relational care, linking the orbitofrontal cortex and limbic system to improved mental health.

Explore how loving relationships and community support shape neurobiology and identity, and how meaning, purpose, and role models—via Durkheim, Frankl, and the 12-step movement—guide recovery from addiction and trauma.

Examine how unmet safety needs and primary emotions fuel anxiety, depression, and addictions, and emphasize healthy anger expression, meaningful relationships, and brief interventions.

Explain how addiction hijacks the brain's reward system, raising the hedonic set point and driving 24-hour craving through midbrain dominance over the frontal lobes.

Explore how addiction hijacks the brain’s dopamine reward system, causes Delta Force B related changes, tolerance, and sensitization, and applies relapse prevention and connection to support recovery.

Explore neuroplasticity, repetition, focus, and pleasure as drivers of learning and recovery, while epigenetics links thoughts to brain chemistry in addiction and healing.

Explore harm minimisation and optimal health for dual diagnosis, outlining policy frameworks, pharmaco therapies, and clinical pathways that connect prevention, treatment, and community health.

Match pharmacotherapies to stages of change, from methadone and buprenorphine to naltrexone and Suboxone, while combining counseling, meetings, and a sponsor for relapse prevention.

Explore quick reference diagrams categorizing drugs by central nervous system effects into stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens, review antipsychotics and antidepressants, and emphasize an integrative psycho-social-spiritual treatment approach.

Explore orthomolecular science and functional medicine to fix the body for optimal health, addressing gut health, nutrients, and drug-free therapies to normalize brain neurotransmitter function.

Explore schizophrenia as a multi-bio-type condition with over- and under-methylation, zinc and copper imbalances, gluten sensitivity, and the role of targeted nutrient therapy for optimal mental health.

Explore harm minimisation and optimal health strategies for dual diagnosis, highlighting hydration, Vitamin D, grounding, exercise, essential fatty acids, zinc, and sleep.

Examine how modern farming depletes soil nutrients, necessitating supplements, probiotics, and omega-3s like krill oil to support gut health and mood.

Discover neurophysiology of the brain, memory building, and how neurotransmitters and synapses enable communication between brain cells; explore hippocampus-driven memory, cortex storage, and left and right brain interactions.

Explore the brain's reward pathway, how cocaine and meth alter dopamine transporters, and how epigenetic vulnerabilities and conditioning drive addiction and craving.

Identify psychosis and dissociation within dual diagnosis to better refer clients for appropriate care. Explore neurophysiology concepts like memory encoding and epigenetic factors that influence treatment.

Assess how antidepressants may offer limited, selective benefits compared with placebo for most patients, and apply an integrative, psychosocial-spiritual approach with brain imaging and personalized seven-type classifications.

Explore five brain regions—the limbic system, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate, prefrontal cortex, and temporal lobe—and how brain imaging informs a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to low-toxicity treatment that boosts brain reserve.

Explore brain neurophysiology within a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework, detailing region-specific interventions for the limbic system, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus, prefrontal cortex, and temporal lobes to boost brain function.

Explore the trauma model and keys to healing in dual diagnosis, applying an integrative holistic approach to ambivalence and the locus of control shift.

Explore how amygdala misfiring and assumptions fuel conflict, and learn to maintain boundaries, accept what you cannot change, and rely on community and the Serenity Prayer for adaptive change.

Explore how guilt, shame, and broken identity fuel anger, and apply conscience, personal responsibility, forgiveness, restitution, and reconciliation to rebuild a unique, meaningful self.

Apply the triune model of body, soul, and spirit to name internal voices, align free will with conscience and values, and rewire amygdala-driven reactions through neuroplasticity in addiction treatment.

Explore neuroplasticity and how addiction-related brain networks rewire through focused practice, building a five-day relapse-prevention bridge across 21 days and consolidating into metacognitive habit change within 12 weeks.

Explore how denial and suppressing emotions affect neuroplasticity and trauma memories. See how anger harms health and how positive emotions and forgiveness support memory processing and heart health.

Explore how choosing to forgive activates the frontal cortex and calms the amygdala, transforming toxic memories through boundaries and forgiveness as a choice.

Examine how negative thinking forms toxic memories and biochemicals, disrupts heart–brain signals, and how neuroplasticity and epigenetics reveal thoughts can rewire the brain toward health.

Choose happiness as a goal, identify sources of joy, and prioritize experiences, social connection, and purposeful activities to support recovery in trauma-informed addiction care.

Explore how negative thinking shapes thoughts, words, and actions, and how trauma, language barriers, and cross-cultural beliefs influence behavior. Apply brief, early intervention to address intergenerational harm and strengthen resilience.

Master brief and early interventions for dual diagnosis, tailoring strategies to stages of change, and establish a tripod of support—counseling, meetings, and a sponsor—with thorough action plans to prevent relapse.

Module 6 trains brief interventions via the tripod of support, guiding paired coaches to weigh costs and benefits and connect families to group and online resources with dual diagnosis training.