Education & Training

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  American Youth Intentional Drug-Opioid Fatal Overdose: The Magnitude of the Problem and Improved Assessment of Intentionality

  Target Audience(s): Physicians, Psychiatrists

  Organization(s): American Psychiatric Association

  Topic(s): Introduction to OUDs, Language and Treating OUD, Medical / Special Populations, Overdose, Psychiatric Co-morbidity

  Presenter(s): Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA

  Dr. Kaminer presents the third webinar regarding youth/adolescent substance use disorder regards the epidemic of drug-related fatal overdoses among young people in the United States. Between 2000 and 2019, the US national suicide rate in youth aged 15 - 19 increased from 8 to 12.8 per 100,000 and similarly, in 20 - 24-year old's from 12.5 to 17 per 100,000. Due to difficulties assessing intentionality and differences among states, the true rate of intentional drug-related fatal overdoses may not be known. This webinar aims to introduce the magnitude of the epidemic among youth in the United States as well as how this is a difficult health outcome to measure.
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  Harm Reduction and Recovery Support Services: Complementing and Supporting Pharmacotherapy for Substance Use Disorders

  Target Audience(s): Interprofessional Teams, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Social Workers

  Organization(s): American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

  Topic(s): Language and Treating OUD, Naloxone, Overdose, Practice Issues

  Presenter(s): Elizabeth Burden, MS

  In 2020, 41.1 million Americans needed substance use treatment, but less than 10% received care. Though significant structural barriers to treatment exist, many individuals also may not be ready to engage in treatment yet. Harm reduction strategies can help prevent overdose and sustain engagement with those individuals until they are ready for treatment. Additionally, recovery support services can help facilitate long-term recovery during and after treatment and enhance quality of life though a recovery-oriented system of care. This webinar will discuss how harm reduction and recovery support services can be integrated to support medications for addiction treatment and enhance care for people with substance use disorders.
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  Harm Reduction in Social Work Practice with Substance Use and Misuse

  Target Audience(s): Social Workers

  Organization(s): Council on Social Work Education

  Topic(s): Medical / Special Populations, Special Topics

  Presenter(s): Taylor Hall, PhD

  This interactive webinar explores harm reduction as applied to social work practice with substance use and misuse across all systems levels. Discussion begins with the tenets of harm reduction and social work values, the language we use to talk about substance use and misuse, as well as examples of harm reduction in practice (like New York City’s overdose prevention sites). Some tools for incorporating harm reduction in everyday practice are shared. Then, we check in with ourselves about acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance to harm reduction-based practice in our clinical work, our communities, and our systems and collaborate on ideas for implementation of harm reduction in social work and in our daily lives.