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Spring Conference Addiction Medicine
WEBAfternoon Workshops: [3:30PM - 5:00PM] Addiction Medicine 101: A Core Overview – Gabrielle Denize Newsam, MD and Benjamin Powell, PA-C. Motivational Interviewing Part 1 – Sebastian Kaplan, PhD. MOUD Challenges and Strategies: A Case-Based Discussion – Shuchin Shukla, MD, MPH & Nathan Mullins, MD. “Now let’s talk!”.
Actived: 9 days ago
Race and Addiction: How Bias and Stigma Affect Treatment Access …
WEBHere, experts discuss the progress being made to address the role of systemic racism and trauma as contributors to treatment disparities. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to sharp increases in drug and alcohol misuse, overdose, and worsening of behavioral health disorders in the United States and abroad. A CDC survey revealed …
NACCHO Launches New Training Resource: Health Equity in the …
WEBThe Health Equity in the Response to Drug Overdose Online Training is a 12-module, free online course designed to guide local health practitioners in their integration of foundational health equity concepts and practices into their local drug overdose prevention and response efforts. Through the course of this learner-centered …
Podcast Addiction Medicine
WEBAddiction Medicine Podcast. S2 Episode 1: Psilocybin in the Treatment of Mental Health. Oct 03, 2022 Season 2 Episode 1. Over the past 13 years, the Governor’s Institute’s Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, North Carolina has become the region’s premiere conference for substance use disorder related education.
MOUD and the African American Community Addiction Medicine
WEBDr. Michelle Durham, Associate Director of the Global and Local Center for Mental Health Disparities at Boston University School of Medicine, recently spoke at the Governor’s Institute’s Addiction Medicine 2021 conference.We followed up with a participant’s question regarding Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and the …
SAMHSA and DEA Release Guidance Regarding New Educational …
WEBThe Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have released guidance on a mandatory 8-hour training requirement on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment that every practitioner will need to complete in order to receive or renew their DEA license.. …
ASAM Applauds Launch of HRSA SUD Treatment and Recovery …
WEBThe American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) recently applauded the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for launching a new program that will encourage more medical students and health care professionals to pursue a career treating addiction at a time when the drug overdose crisis has been accelerating. The …
Substance Use Disorder Topics for Prescribers Addiction Medicine
WEBThis video shares 7 common myths healthcare providers have about prescribing buprenorphine. Dr. Fagan, a family physician with the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, N.C., explains that buprenorphine treatment is NOT dangerous, time consuming or burdensome and clarifies that Medication Assisted Treatment is NOT …
NC Essential Actions to Address the Opioid Epidemic: A Local …
WEBIn an effort to reduce negative health outcomes related to opioid use in North Carolina (NC), the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors’ Opioid Work Group has teamed up with the NC Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) to create North Carolina Essential Actions to Address the …
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment [SBIRT
WEBSBIRT is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for persons with substance use disorders, as well as those who are at risk of developing these disorders. Primary care centers, hospital emergency rooms, trauma centers, and other community settings provide opportunities …
Wave of Deadly Liver Disease Across Hospitals as Alcohol Abuse …
WEBSpecialists at hospitals affiliated with the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Harvard Universityand Mount Sinai Health System in New York City said rates of admissions for alcoholic liver disease have spiked by up to 50% since March. Read more:
More Than 1 in 6 U.S. Adults, Teens Have Substance Use Disorder
WEBNew government data shows more than 1 in 6 Americans suffered a substance use disorder in 2022. In the recently released survey, alcohol and drug misuse involved roughly the same numbers of people: About 30 million had an alcohol use disorder, while 27 million had a drug use disorder — including about 6 million with an opioid use …
Fall Conference Addiction Medicine
WEBAAFP Prescribed (Appropriate for Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers): The American Academy of Family Physicians has reviewed Addiction Medicine Essentials and deemed it acceptable for up to 13.25 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 10/13/2023 to 10/14/2023. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate …
As Overdoses Soar in Rural America, More Clinicians Are …
WEBFederal and state authorities have encouraged more front-line health care professionals to prescribe Suboxone and other medications containing buprenorphine for patients trying to overcome opioid addiction. Federal regulators have made it easier for doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to become certified to offer the …
Spring Virtual Conference Addiction Medicine
WEBThe 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference Exhibit Hall is LIVE! The 15th annual Addiction Medicine Conference will be held IN-PERSON in Asheville, North Carolina. Register today to secure your spot. Don’t miss this marque opportunity to connect with hundreds of health care professionals, as they return to the downtown Marriott Renaissance for
CDC Releases 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related …
WEBThe 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes – United States shows the effects of the prescription and illicit drug crisis impacting the nation. The data show the latest information available on the drug epidemic in America, including various health outcomes, health behaviors, prescribing patterns, overdose, …
Martha J. Wunsch, MD, FAAP DFASAM
WEBDr. Wunsch earned her medical degree at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in ethesda, Maryland, completed a Pediatric internship and residency at hildren’s Hospital Los Angeles and began her career as a commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service practicing pediatrics in the Indian Health Service.
SAMHSA : Health Privacy Rule Revised, Modernizing Care …
WEBThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced the adoption of the revised Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulation, 42 CFR Part 2. The new rule advances the integration of healthcare for individuals with substance use disorders while maintaining critical privacy …
Guidance for Handling the Increasing Prevalence of Drugs …
WEBIn a Psychiatric Services Pages to Practice podcast, Dr. Joe Parks, the National Council’s medical director, joined co-hosts Dr. Lisa Dixon and Dr. Josh Berezin to discuss guidelines for clinicians on how to deal with the increased prevalence of drugs adulterated with fentanyl and similar potent fentanyl analogs.
DHHS Announces Grants to Local Health Departments to Address …
WEBThe one-time grants of up to $100,000 encourage local health departments and districts to partner with local agencies and community-based organizations to implement strategies such as syringe exchange programs, connection of justice-involved persons to treatment and recovery services and post-overdose response teams with …
Substance Use Disorders Linked to COVID-19 Susceptibility
WEBThe research suggests that health care providers should closely monitor patients with SUDs and develop action plans to help shield them “The lungs and cardiovascular system are often compromised in people with SUD, which may partially explain their heightened susceptibility to COVID-19,” said Dr. Nora D Volkow, director of …
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