Over the past decade, drug overdose has claimed thousands of lives, torn apart countless families and decimated communities across the country. This devastating impact has been largely driven by the opiate epidemic. This course will describe numerous factors contributing to the current drug epidemic, including the historical context, as well as the biological underpinning of the addictive process. These mechanisms will help explain the pernicious and seemingly irreparable process of addiction. At the same time, several pharmacological treatment options have developed from our understanding of addiction which all clinicians should understand in order to help change the tide of the current crisis.
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The Opioid Epidemic and The Neurobiology of Addiction
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Joseph Nissenfeld, MD
Course Length: 1 Hour
Learning Objectives:
- Describe biological causes for the development of addiction
- Explain factors contributing to the current drug epidemic
- List approved medication to treat drug addiction
Over the past decade, drug overdose has claimed thousands of lives, torn apart countless families and decimated communities across the country. This devastating impact has been largely driven by the opiate epidemic. This course will describe numerous factors contributing to the current drug epidemic, including the historical context, as well as the biological underpinning of the addictive process. These mechanisms will help explain the pernicious and seemingly irreparable process of addiction. At the same time, several pharmacological treatment options have developed from our understanding of addiction which all clinicians should understand in order to help change the tide of the current crisis.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe biological causes for the development of addiction
- Explain factors contributing to the current drug epidemic
- List approved medication to treat drug addiction
Agenda:
Outline
10 MIN
•Where are we?
•Current state of drug use and opiate epidemic
20 MIN
•How did we get here?
•Historical Perspective
20 min
•Biology of Addiction
•How do we get out?
10 min
•Treatment options
•Future and alternative treatments
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives