This bundle provides a focused review of substance use disorders across special populations, emphasizing how age, neurodiversity, and behavioral factors shape clinical presentation and treatment.
What This Covers • Substance use in adolescents and young adults, including neurodevelopmental considerations • Substance use disorders in older adults and age-related clinical complexity • Substance use in pregnancy and management across the perinatal period • Neurodiversity, including autism spectrum disorder and ADHD, and its impact on addiction risk and care • Gambling disorder and behavioral addictions, including technology-related conditions
How This Resource Is Used This bundle is designed for applied clinical learning across diverse patient populations. It can be used to strengthen diagnosis and management of substance use disorders in varied contexts or to supplement broader board exam preparation.
This collection supports clinicians in adapting care to unique patient needs, improving recognition of nontraditional presentations and delivering individualized, patient-centered treatment across the lifespan.
• Gambling Disorder: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management Screening, diagnostic criteria, and treatment approaches • Pregnancy and Women’s SUD: Focus on OUD Treatment Strategies Perinatal care considerations and evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder • Addiction Across the Lifespan 1: The Impact of Substance Use on the Developing Adolescent Brain Neurodevelopmental vulnerability and clinical implications for adolescent care • Addiction Across the Lifespan 2: Geriatric Populations Risk factors, clinical presentation, and management in older adults • Behavioral Addictions: Beyond Gambling Technology-related and nontraditional addictions, including clinical features and management • Neurodiversity and Addiction Substance use patterns in neurodivergent populations and considerations for assessment and care
These sessions provide clinically focused, case-informed content to support individualized care across diverse populations and settings.
Access PeriodAccess to this bundle is available through June 30, 2027, in alignment with ACAAM’s annual academic cycle.
Recording Release CycleACAAM releases updated recorded sessions each July based on the prior academic year’s didactic series. These recordings are available for a limited time and are retired on June 30 of the following year as new content is released.