Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists is a case-based CME course designed to guide non-specialists in recognition, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of patients with substance use disorders. Led by Antoine Douaihy, MD, experienced practitioners cover substances used — alcohol, opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines, tobacco/nicotine, cannabis — and outline how the non-specialist can help their patient stop using drugs, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and function in family and in society. Treatment strategies discussed include pharmacological, cognitive-behavioral, and a combination of the two.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Discuss integrated treatment of co-occurring substance use disorder and psychiatric illness
- List adverse consequences faced by patients’ long-term opioid therapy and serious illness
- Explain the caveats in treating pregnant women with substance use disorder
- Compare treatment strategies for opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder
- List the principles of motivational interviewing in the context of substance use disorders
- Compare inherent dilemmas in treating chronic pain and acute pain and substance use disorder
Intended Audience
This educational activity was designed for internists, family physicians, general psychiatrists, emergency physicians, adolescent medicine doctors, pediatricians, and general neurologists.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Addiction – An Overview – Antoine Douaihy, MD
Neurobiological Aspects of Substance Use Disorder – Jody Glance, MD
Screening, Evaluation, and Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorders – Daniel Cohen, MD
Management of Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Perioperative Care in Individuals Using Substances – Tiffany Reid, PharmD
Alcohol Use Disorder – Antoine Douaihy, MD
Stimulant Use Disorder – James R. Latronica, DO, FASAM
Opioid Use Disorder – Julie Kmiec, DO
Sedative, Hypnotic, and Anxiolytic (Benzodiazepine) Use Disorder – Tae Woo Park, MD
Cannabis Use Disorder – Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD
Tobacco Use Disorder – Melanie Yabs, PharmD, BCPP
Treating Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorder – Mark Ilgen, PhD
Acute Pain and Substance Use Disorder – Julie Wilson Childers, MD
Brief Interventions for Substance Use Disorders – Cassandra Boness, PhD
The Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Co-occurring Psychiatric Illness – Roger D. Weiss, MD
Harm Reduction Strategies – Janice Pringle, PhD
Women and Pregnancy – Jody Glance, MD
Medication Assisted Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use Disorder – Marla Kushner, DO
Healthcare and Racial Disparities in Addiction Treatment – Antoine Douaihy, MD
Chronic Pain and Long-term Opioid Therapy – Evidence-based Management – Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA
Pain and Opioid Complexity in Individuals with Serious Illness – Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA
Date of Original Release: December 31, 2022
