The Opioid Crisis

4/3/2020 - 4/3/2020
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Women's Ctr. for Healing, 71667 Leveson St., Abita Springs, Abita Springs
 
 This opportunity offers three separate sessions.  These may be taken individually or as group.  When you register you will have the option to select which sessions you want to take.
 
9:30 - 11:30 am - Red, White and Cannabis              This presentation will cover the impact of social engineering by the Cannabis Industry currently being utilized in America and how it influences both policy and substance use disorder. Using discussion points and questions garnered from real patients (non-disclosed), the speaker will lead the participants into better understanding of current realities of cannabis use and address them using clinical data, as opposed to marketing and opinion, in order to impact patient care and policy thought. Examples include: thorough examination of currently available forms of cannabis as compared to earlier products, including CBD preparations and very-high level THC products; the addictive potential of marijuana; cognitive impairment with adolescent habitual use; examining recent data surrounding cannabis related psychosis; the realities surrounding medicinal usage; and an examination of how habitual use in the emerging adult and adolescent population is placing those with substance use disorder at risk for mental illness.
3:00-4:30 pm - The Opioid Crisis                                                     Opioid use and death from opioid overdose remains epidemic in America according to the Centers for Disease Control and the Surgeon General’s Office. While it is now considered standard of care to offer Medically Assisted Treatment to combat active addiction and decrease risk of overdose death, the viewpoint that many mental health practitioners have towards Medically Assisted Treatment often remains jaded in some circles, often due to preconceptions about the efficacy of MAT, the definition of sobriety, and persistent negative perceptions. The purpose of this program is to offer an updated look at the current opioid epidemic, the neurobiology of addiction and how MAT with Buprenorphine specifically impacts this health crisis in a positive way in order to afford a balanced view to mental health professionals.

 

1:00-2:30 pm - Trauma, Shame and Addiction                      What about the undercurrents to addiction, the things that frequently start addiction, that fuel addiction? What about the undertreated public health menace that directly impacts and precedes addiction, and negatively affects the health and longevity of individuals and families? This silent menace is trauma, especially trauma from childhood. Learn to recognize that untreated trauma leads to the failure of so many individuals who find themselves chronically relapsing into the spiral of opioid addiction, alcoholism, gambling and sex addiction.

These  workshops will award 1.5 CE clock hours each; they were  not reviewed for NBCC credits.

For more information or to register:

Women's Center for Healing & Transformation
(985) 892-8111
info@womenscenterforhealing.org
www.womenscenterforhealing.org

 

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