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Core Competencies for Clergy and Other Pastoral Ministers In Addressing Alcohol and Drug Dependence and the Impact on Family Members

In November 2001, SAMHSA supported a meeting of an expert panel on seminary education that recommended the development of a set of core competencies to help addicted individuals and their families. This report details the content of a meeting to develop those competencies as well as the resulting core competencies.