08/27/2026
🧠 FEATURED COURSE: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF ADDICTION
What happens in the brain as substance use progresses into addiction—and how can that knowledge improve clinical care?
The Neuroscience of Addiction: Brain Function, Neurotransmission, and Clinical Implications is a self-paced professional training that makes complex neuroscience understandable, relevant, and practical for behavioral health professionals.
In this course, you’ll explore:
🧠 How the brain and nervous system communicate
⚡ The roles of dopamine, serotonin, GABA, glutamate, and endorphins
🔄 How repeated substance use affects reward, motivation, memory, stress, habits, and executive functioning
📈 The brain-based processes behind tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, cravings, and relapse vulnerability
🤝 How to apply neuroscience-informed concepts to assessment, psychoeducation, treatment planning, relapse prevention, and client engagement
Understanding addiction as a brain-based process can help clinicians provide care that is more compassionate, effective, and grounded in current evidence.
💻 Self-paced online training
⏱️ Approximately 3.5 hours
💲 Course cost: $52.50
Deepen your understanding of addiction and strengthen the way you support clients throughout recovery. Enroll today!