Mat Counselor Handbook

The mat counselor handbook for certification of counselors working in a medication assisted treatment setting publication date.

Mat counselor handbook.

Includes seven all new chapters such as the annual career checkup and the 60 30 10 rule. Medication assisted treatment mat is the use of medications in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a whole patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. The gre or mat is required. Addiction is a chronic disease meaning that it does not have a cure and patients will have to manage their symptoms.

Baart programs has delivered quality outpatient medication assisted treatment and counseling for more than 40 years. What is medication assisted treatment mat. This guide enhances the counselor s treatment manual in the matrix series addressing the specific needs of women who misuse stimulants. A thorough revision of the trusted career counselor guide from two veterans in the field including the author of the best selling career book in the world.

Mat counselor education course part 1 10 hours chapters 1 through 7 includes primer on opioid addiction and treatment history of opioids and opioid treatment science and rationale for opiate agonist treatment pharmacology pharmacotherapy screening admission assessment and behavioral pharmacology of methadone. Federal statutes regulations and guidelines govern medication assisted treatment mat for opioid addiction. Samhsa s division of pharmacologic therapies dpt part of samhsa s center for substance abuse treatment csat manages the day to day oversight activates required to implement federal regulations surrounding the use medications approved by the food and drug administration fda. Breining institute 228 pages 49 70 includes shipping to us addresses select book cover above to order the mat counselor textbook.

We do suggest students aim to score 386 or higher on the mat or 290 or higher verbal quantitative on the gre for admission. The counseling program does not have an official cut off score for admission and encourages applicants to view this as one piece of their overall application. It contains materials to help counselors conduct intensive outpatient treatment sessions on relationships trauma body image and family roles. The necessity of maximizing face to face contact.

T uses medications with counseling to treat the whole patient. Medications used in mat are approved by the food and drug administration fda and mat programs are clinically driven and tailored to meet each patient s needs. Ddiction is a disease. Basic overview of medication assisted treatment.