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Majors / Substance Abuse / Addiction Counseling |
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| Description |
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A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations. |
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| Popularity |
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Popularity Rank
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and Total Number of Degrees Awarded in the U.S. Last Year) |
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| Certificate: |
#73 |
1,682 |
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| Associate's: |
#116 |
862 |
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| Bachelor's: |
#427 |
216 |
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| Graduate Certificate: |
#52 |
161 |
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| Master's: |
#356 |
134 |
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| Doctorate: |
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0 |
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| First-Professional: |
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| Degrees Available |
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Certificate  |
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| Bachelor's Degree |
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| Graduate-Level Certificate |
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| First-Professional Degree |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| Between 1970 and 1975, the number of law school graduates in the U.S. doubled! Since then, law degrees have been, by far, the most popular graduate degree. |
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