Identify potential physical and mental findings when examining a client with a substance use disorder.

• Elaborate on etiology, stressors, problems of addiction, dependence, and relapse in the United States today.
• Identify potential physical and mental findings when examining a client with a substance use disorder. Note your rationales.
• Describe possible triggers to compulsive substance use or behavioral addiction.
• Discuss the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie addictive behavior.
• What medication-assisted treatments (MATs) and psychotherapeutic interventions for monitoring (for alcohol and for opioid abuse) are available?

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