Distinguish symptoms of alcohol-related substance use disorders and summarize the economic, personal, and societal cost of alcoholism in the United States.

Distinguish symptoms of alcohol-related substance use disorders and summarize the economic, personal, and societal cost of alcoholism in the United States. Differentiate and evaluate the various models explaining alcohol dependence. Analyze biological, psychological, sociological, familial and spiritual manifestations of alcohol dependency. Examine various evaluation instruments and their application to intervention, referral, placement, treatment approaches/techniques and after-care. Evaluate how issues related to alcohol dependence apply to specific special populations (e.g. women, adolescents, college students, elderly, workplace, military, etc.)