Upon completion of this activity, learners should be better able to:​

• Describe the distribution of co-occurring disorders (COD) mental health disorders in substance use disorders​.
• Critically evaluate new science and describe how it changes the current understanding of addiction and co-occurring medical or psychiatric disorders​.
• Develop practical applications for integrating new and emerging science into practice​.
• Implement differential therapeutics based on current evidence and in consideration of presented co-occurring disorders principles where specific evidence is lacking .​
• Identify gaps in the field of CODs that future research can address​.
• Review the different FDA-approved and non-FDA pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments for the management of SUD, and how to combine them with the treatment of COD management of alcohol withdrawal.